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medium 4.3

CVE-2014-3529 json

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache POI

published 2014-09-04 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-q56h-jjj6-52mf , EUVD-2022-4891

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.8%
EPSS 12.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The OPC SAX setup in Apache POI before 3.10.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an OpenXML file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.poi:poi 3.10.1
  • libapache-poi-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.10.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3529

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3529 updated cvss 5.0

apache-poi: XML eXternal Entity (XXE) flaw

  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 apache-poi apache-poi Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 jasperreports-server-pro
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 apache-poi apache-poi
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 apache-poi apache-poi
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 apache-poi apache-poi
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1399
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1400
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1398
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1370
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Exploit prediction

12.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.poi:poi
<3.10.1
3.10.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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