Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2014
CVE-2014-4814
IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, 8.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14, and 8.5.0 before CF03 does not properly detect…
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CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.0 through 6.1.0.6 CF27, 6.1.5 through 6.1.5.3 CF27, 7.0 through 7.0.0.2 CF28, 8.0 through 8.0.0.1 CF14, and 8.5.0 before CF03 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
Websphere Portal · Ibm
6.1.0.0; 6.1.0.1; 6.1.0.2; 6.1.0.3; 6.1.0.4; 6.1.0.5; +11 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4814
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4814
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/59740
www-01.ibm.com
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PI24622
Patch
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21684651
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70758
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95391
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