CVE-2014-9527

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9527
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-06 15:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHSLFSlideShow in Apache POI before 3.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and deadlock) via a crafted PPT file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Poi All beta3 All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA61953 - Apache POI PPT File Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache POI affects IBM InfoSphere Information Server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Bug 57272 – [PATCH]: Deadlock on corrupted PPT file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.apache.org
POI CVE-2014-9527 Denial-Of-Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: apache-poi-3.10.1-2.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
History of Changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 poi.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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