CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-0228
Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XFDF.
Severity
- EPSS
- 9.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-611
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:james
- apache:pdfbox
- fedoraproject:fedora
- oracle:banking_corporate_lending_process_management
- oracle:banking_credit_facilities_process_management
- oracle:banking_supply_chain_finance
- oracle:banking_trade_finance_process_management
- oracle:banking_virtual_account_management
- oracle:communications_messaging_server
- oracle:communications_session_report_manager
- oracle:hyperion_financial_reporting
- oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
- oracle:retail_xstore_point_of_service
- oracle:webcenter_sites
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-c9jj-3wvg-q65h | Maven | org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox | >=2.0.14 <2.0.15 | 2.0.15 |
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1a3756557f8cb02790b7183ccf7665ae23f608a421c4f723113bca79%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8a19bd6d43e359913341043c2a114f91f9e4ae170059539ad1f5673c%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bc8db1bf459f1ad909da47350ed554ee745abe9f25f2b50cad4e06dd%40%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/be86fcd7cd423a3fe6b73a3cb9d7cac0b619d0deb99e6b5d172c98f4%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a2141abeddae66dd57025f1681c8425834062b7c0c7e0b1d830a95d%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E