CVE-2014-3574

apache-poi: entity expansion (billion laughs) flaw

Published Sep 4, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 7.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5wfp-8643-c58x Improper Input Validation in Apache POI
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:50 AM
Reserved
May 14, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 4, 2014, 5:55 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:08 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 18, 2014, 12:00 AM