{
    "id": "CVE-2019-0228",
    "published": "2019-04-17 15:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:08:02",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-611",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.09451",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95290",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:19",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apache",
            "product": "james"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "apache",
            "product": "pdfbox"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "banking_corporate_lending_process_management"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "banking_credit_facilities_process_management"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "banking_supply_chain_finance"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "banking_trade_finance_process_management"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "banking_virtual_account_management"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "communications_messaging_server"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "communications_session_report_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "hyperion_financial_reporting"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "retail_xstore_point_of_service"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "webcenter_sites"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
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        "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",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r32b8102392a174b17fd19509a9e76047f74852b77b7bf46af95e45a2%40%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/",
        "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html",
        "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",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r32b8102392a174b17fd19509a9e76047f74852b77b7bf46af95e45a2%40%3Cserver-dev.james.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HKVPTJWZGUB4MH4AAOWMRJHRDBYFHGJ/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPOGHJ5CVMUVCRQU7APBAN5IVZGZFDX/",
        "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
    ]
}