CVE-2014-3578

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.

Published: 2015-02-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2014-3578 is rated Moderate Risk (54.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.21%, 93th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3578

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 4.38% 6.21% +1.83%
2 2026-01-04 5.78% 4.38% -1.40%
3 2025-03-30 — 5.78% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3578

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3578

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3578

GHSA-rhcg-rwhx-qj3j · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory in Spring Framework

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3578

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-3578 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3578
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3578
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3578 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libspring-java), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 10, ignored 7, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3578

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3578

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pivotal_software spring_framework >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:spring_framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3578

cvelogic Threat Intelligence