Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU80777

Resource management error in Apache POI - CVE-2014-9527

Published: September 14, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU80777

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9527

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PPT file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

Apache POI
IBM Intelligent Operations Center

How to mitigate CVE-2014-9527

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache POI - update to 3.11
IBM Intelligent Operations Center - update to 5.2.4

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