CVE-2014-3573

The oVirt Engine backend module, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager before 3.4.2, uses an "insecure DocumentBuilderFactory," which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or possibly have other unspecified impact via a crafted XML/RSDL document, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Published: 2014-10-18 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3573 is rated Moderate Risk (53.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.76%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.30% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3573

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 2026-06-15 0.46% 1.76% +1.30%
2 2025-03-31 0.80% 0.46% -0.35%
3 2025-03-19 0.80%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3573

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3573

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3573

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3573

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3573

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_virtualization_manager <= 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3573

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