CVE-2014-3529

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.

Published: 2014-09-04 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3529 is rated Moderate Risk (49.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.23%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3529

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-13 4.55% 5.23% +0.68%
2 2025-04-02 6.69% 4.55% -2.15%
3 2025-03-30 — 6.69% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3529

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3529

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3529

GHSA-q56h-jjj6-52mf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache POI

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3529

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3529 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libapache-poi-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3529
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3529
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3529 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libapache-poi-java), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 7, not-affected 4, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3529

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-3529

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html" target="_blank">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3529

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache poi <= 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 0.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.7:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.8:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:1.10:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:2.0:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:2.0:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:2.0:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.0.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.0.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.5:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.5:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.5:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.5:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.7:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.7:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.7:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.8:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.8:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.8:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.8:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.10:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache poi 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:3.10:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3529

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