CVE-2014-3574
Improper Input Validation in Apache POI
EPSS 12.6%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-3574
To remediate CVE-2014-3574, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libapache-poi-java—upgrade to 3.10.1-1 or later
- Maven/org.apache.poi:poi—upgrade to 3.10.1 or later
Is CVE-2014-3574 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 12.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.10.1-1
- from 0, < 3.10.1