Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-2730
The XML parser in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP1 and SP2, and 2013, and Office for Mac 2011, does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and persistent application hang) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, as demonstrated by a crafted text/plain e-mail message to Outlook, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2730
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 4.87%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 92 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2014-2730
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2014-2730
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2014-2730
Products affected by CVE-2014-2730
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2011:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp1:x86:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:-:-:*:-:-:x86:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:-:-:*:-:-:x64:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:x86:*:*:*:*:*