XML External Entity injection in Apache POI - CVE-2014-3574

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XML External Entity injection in Apache POI - CVE-2014-3574

Published: February 13, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86352
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3574
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache POI
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted OOXML file to the affected application and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

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