apache-poi: entity expansion (billion laughs) flaw
Published Sep 4, 2014
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.11%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.10
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.10.0
- 0.11.0
- 0.12.0
- 0.13.0
- 0.14.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.7
- 1.8
- 1.10
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 3.6
- 3.7
- 3.7
- 3.7
- 3.7
- 3.8
- 3.8
- 3.8
- 3.8
- 3.8
- 3.8
- 3.9
- 3.10
- 3.10
- 3.11
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Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1399
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1400
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0
apache-poi
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1398
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0
apache-poi
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1370
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2
apache-poi
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1009
Red Hat BPM Suite 6
apache-poi
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
jasperreports-server-pro
Affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5
apache-poi
Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
apache-poi
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Portal 5
apache-poi
Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4
apache-poi
Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 5
apache-poi
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1399 |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1400 |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0 | apache-poi | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1398 |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0 | apache-poi | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1370 |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.2 | apache-poi | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1009 |
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | apache-poi | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | jasperreports-server-pro | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | apache-poi | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | apache-poi | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 | apache-poi | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 | apache-poi | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | apache-poi | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has determined that CVE-2014-3574 is not exploitable by default in JBoss Portal Platform as provided by Red Hat. This flaw would only be exploitable if the Apache POI library provided by JBoss Portal Platform were used by a custom application to process user-supplied XML documents.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.11% (0.07110) | 94.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.40% (0.07395) | 93.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 9, 2026 | 12.57% (0.12569) | 94.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 2, 2025 | 11.11% (0.11114) | 92.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.67% (0.15671) | 94.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 25.71% (0.25715) | 93.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 13.93% (0.13927) | 93.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.05% (0.12046) | 93.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.17% (0.03170) | 90.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.64% (0.01635) | 88.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 1.17% (0.01168) | 84.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01179) | 82.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.39% (0.06394) | 90.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.39% (0.06394) | 90.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.39% (0.06394) | 77.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (22)
- http://poi.apache.org/changes.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1370.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1398.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1399.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1400.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59943 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60419 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61766 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.apache.org/dist/poi/release/RELEASE-NOTES.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69648 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3574 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138140 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95768 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wfp-8643-c58x Advisory
- https://lucene.apache.org/solr/solrnews.html#18-august-2014-recommendation-to-update-apache-poi-in-apache-solr-480-481-and-490-installations x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3574
- https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/branches/REL_3_10_BRANCH@1616509
- https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk@1615720
- https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk@1615731
- https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/poi/trunk@1615781
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3574
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