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CVE-2019-0228
Apache PDFBox 2.0.14 does not properly initialize the XML parser, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 9.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.5% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
Apache PDFBox
- affected Apache PDFBox 2.0.14
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.pdfbox:pdfboxGHSA-c9jj-3wvg-q65h (opens in a new tab)
References
References12
- [james-server-dev] 20190708 [jira] [Created] (JAMES-2819) Upgrade pdfbox following CVE-2019-0228 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tika-commits] 20190802 svn commit: r1864251 [1/17] - in /tika/site: publish/ publish/1.10/ publish/1.11/ publish/1.12/ publish/1.13/ publish/1.14/ publish/1.15/ publish/1.16/ publish/1.17/ publish/1.18/ publish/1.19.1/ publish/1.19/ publish/1.20/ publish/1.21/ publish/1.22/ ... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tika-commits] 20190802 svn commit: r1864252 [1/17] - in /tika/site: publish/ publish/1.10/ publish/1.11/ publish/1.12/ publish/1.13/ publish/1.14/ publish/1.15/ publish/1.16/ publish/1.17/ publish/1.18/ publish/1.19.1/ publish/1.19/ publish/1.20/ publish/1.21/ publish/1.22/ ... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-9e91afa2be (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-6fa01d12b4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [james-server-dev] 20200618 [jira] [Closed] (JAMES-2819) Upgrade pdfbox following CVE-2019-0228 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [pdfbox-users] 20210120 Security Vulnerability with PDFbox 1.8.16 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1a3756557f8cb02790b7183ccf7665ae23f608a421c4f723113bca79%40%3Cusers.pdfbox.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-0587 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c9jj-3wvg-q65h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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