CVE-2014-9527

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-12-21
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1181223: CVE-2014-9527 apache-poi: denial of service in HSLFSlideShow via corrupted PPT file
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the HSLFSlideShow class implementation in Apache POI handled certain PPT files. A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted PPT file that would cause Apache POI to hang indefinitely.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9527 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.2 RHSA-2016:1135 2016-05-26

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 jakarta-poi Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 apache-poi Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 apache-poi Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 apache-poi Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 apache-poi Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 apache-poi Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 jasperreports-server-pro Will not fix

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