CVE-2014-4814: ibm websphere_portal Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-4814 is a low (CVSS 3.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in ibm websphere_portal. EPSS estimates a 1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 28-10-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.60%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.60% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ibm1 product
- websphere_portal6.1.0.0 | 6.1.0.1 | 6.1.0.2 | 6.1.0.3 | 6.1.0.4 | 6.1.0.5 | 6.1.0.6 | 6.1.5.0 | 6.1.5.1 | 6.1.5.2 | 6.1.5.3 | 7.0.0.0 | 7.0.0.1 | 7.0.0.2 | 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.1 | 8.5.0.0
1 vendor · 1 product