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CVE-2014-3574

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3574 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache POI versions before 3.10.1 and 3.11.x before 3.11-beta2. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this XML Entity Expansion (XEE) flaw by providing a specially crafted OOXML file, leading to high CPU consumption and application crashes. While the CVSS score is 4.3 (medium severity) due to partial availability impact, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0740 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.poi:poiFixed in: 3.11-beta2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.poi:poiFixed in: 3.10.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0Fixed in: apache-poi
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0Fixed in: apache-poi
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2Fixed in: apache-poi
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6Fixed in: apache-poi
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: jasperreports-server-pro
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat BPM Suite 6Fixed in: apache-poi
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4Fixed in: apache-poi
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5Fixed in: apache-poi
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5Fixed in: apache-poi
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 5Fixed in: apache-poi

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-5wfp-8643-c58xmedium

Improper Input Validation in Apache POI

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-3574Moderate

apache-poi: entity expansion (billion laughs) flaw

Aug 18, 2014

References

poi.apache.org / changes.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1370.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1398.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1399.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1400.html
secunia.com / advisories/59943
secunia.com / advisories/60419
secunia.com / advisories/61766
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/95768
lucene.apache.org / solr/solrnews.html
PatchVendor Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
apache.org / dist/poi/release/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/69648