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    CVE-2014-3574

    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.

    Published:Aug 18, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Sep 4, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.11114
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Poi
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Bpms
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Brms
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Data Virtualization
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Portal Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse Service Works

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    CVE-2017-12626 (CVSS 7.5) — Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: 1) Infinite Loops wh…
    CVE-2017-5644 (CVSS 5.5) — Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consump…
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    CVE-2014-3529 (CVSS 4.3) — The OPC SAX setup in Apache POI before 3.10.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an OpenXML f…
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    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High