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CVE-2014-9527

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9527 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache POI versions prior to 3.11, specifically within the HSLFSlideShow component, affecting products like Apache Fedora and FedoraProject. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop and deadlock by providing a specially crafted PPT file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0792 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (9)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.poi:poiFixed in: 3.11
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.2Fixed in: apache-poi
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: jakarta-poi
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: jasperreports-server-pro
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6Fixed in: apache-poi
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: apache-poi
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat BPM Suite 6Fixed 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 JBoss Portal 6Fixed in: apache-poi

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-x9mm-6gpf-f749medium

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Apache POI

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-9527Moderate

apache-poi: denial of service in HSLFSlideShow via corrupted PPT file

Dec 21, 2014

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150228.html
poi.apache.org / changes.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1135
secunia.com / advisories/61953
issues.apache.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/77726