CVE-2014-3574

Description

Apache POI before 3.10.1 and 3.11.x before 3.11-beta2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and crash) via a crafted OOXML file, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 11.11% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69648	vdb entry
http://poi.apache.org/changes.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61766	third party advisory
https://lucene.apache.org/solr/solrnews.html#18-august-2014-recommendation-to-update-apache-poi-in-apache-solr-480-481-and-490-installations	patch vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1370.html	vendor advisory
http://www.apache.org/dist/poi/release/RELEASE-NOTES.txt	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60419	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95768	vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1400.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1398.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59943	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1399.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-3574?: CVE-2014-3574 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-3574?: To fix CVE-2014-3574, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-3574 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2014-3574 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~11% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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