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CVE-2014-0191

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0191 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in libxml2, specifically within the xmlParserHandlePEReference function, which affects products like Oracle HTTP Server in Oracle Fusion Middleware. It allows remote attackers to trigger resource exhaustion by submitting a crafted XML document that forces the loading of external parameter entities. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and results in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.1.1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:fusion_middleware:11.1.1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1.2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:fusion_middleware:12.1.2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1.3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:fusion_middleware:12.1.3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0810 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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 (5)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libxml2-0:2.7.6-14.el6_5.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libxml2-0:2.9.1-5.el7_1.2
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libxml2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mingw32-libxml2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0191Moderate

libxml2: external parameter entity loaded when entity substitution is disabled

May 6, 2014

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0749.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/93092
git.gnome.org / browse/libxml2/commit
support.apple.com / kb/HT205030
support.apple.com / kb/HT205031
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
PatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
securityfocus.com / bid/67233
xmlsoft.org / news.html