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CVE-2014-3578 json

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Spring Framework

published 2015-02-19 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-rhcg-rwhx-qj3j , EUVD-2022-5175

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.4%
EPSS 6.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Framework 3.x before 3.2.9 and 4.0 before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-core 3.2.9, 4.0.5
  • pivotal_software spring_framework 3.2.9, 4.0.5
  • libspring-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3578

  • libspring-java Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.0.6.RELEASE-13ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3578

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2014-3578 updated cvss 5.0

Framework: Directory traversal

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 spring Red Hat JBoss Portal 5 spring
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 spring
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0234
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0235
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0675
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0720
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 spring
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-core
>=3.0.0, <3.2.9
>=4.0.0, <4.0.5
3.2.9
4.0.5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
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References

Sources

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