--- id: CVE-2014-0119 title: >- Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.54, and 8.x before 8.0.6 does not properly constrain the class loader that accesses the XML parser used with an XSLT stylesheet, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a … summary: >- Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.54, and 8.x before 8.0.6 does not properly constrain the class loader that accesses the XML parser used with an XSLT stylesheet, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a … severity: medium cvss: 4.3 cvssVector: 'AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N' cwe: - CWE-264 vendor: apache product: tomcat affected: - tomcat = 8.0.0 - tomcat = 8.0.1 - tomcat = 8.0.3 - tomcat = 8.0.5 - tomcat <= 6.0.39 - tomcat = 6 - tomcat = 6.0 - tomcat = 6.0.0 - tomcat = 6.0.1 - tomcat = 6.0.2 - tomcat = 6.0.3 - tomcat = 6.0.4 - tomcat = 6.0.5 - tomcat = 6.0.6 - tomcat = 6.0.7 - tomcat = 6.0.8 - tomcat = 6.0.9 - tomcat = 6.0.10 - tomcat = 6.0.11 - tomcat = 6.0.12 - tomcat = 6.0.13 - tomcat = 6.0.14 - tomcat = 6.0.15 - tomcat = 6.0.16 - tomcat = 6.0.17 - tomcat = 6.0.18 - tomcat = 6.0.19 - tomcat = 6.0.20 - tomcat = 6.0.24 - tomcat = 6.0.26 - tomcat = 6.0.27 - tomcat = 6.0.28 - tomcat = 6.0.29 - tomcat = 6.0.30 - tomcat = 6.0.31 - tomcat = 6.0.32 - tomcat = 6.0.33 - tomcat = 6.0.35 - tomcat = 6.0.36 - tomcat = 6.0.37 - tomcat = 7.0.0 - tomcat = 7.0.1 - tomcat = 7.0.2 - tomcat = 7.0.3 - tomcat = 7.0.4 - tomcat = 7.0.5 - tomcat = 7.0.6 - tomcat = 7.0.7 - tomcat = 7.0.8 - tomcat = 7.0.9 - tomcat = 7.0.10 - tomcat = 7.0.11 - tomcat = 7.0.12 - tomcat = 7.0.13 - tomcat = 7.0.14 - tomcat = 7.0.15 - tomcat = 7.0.16 - tomcat = 7.0.17 - tomcat = 7.0.18 - tomcat = 7.0.19 - tomcat = 7.0.20 - tomcat = 7.0.21 - tomcat = 7.0.22 - tomcat = 7.0.23 - tomcat = 7.0.24 - tomcat = 7.0.25 - tomcat = 7.0.26 - tomcat = 7.0.27 - tomcat = 7.0.28 - tomcat = 7.0.29 - tomcat = 7.0.30 - tomcat = 7.0.31 - tomcat = 7.0.32 - tomcat = 7.0.33 - tomcat = 7.0.34 - tomcat = 7.0.35 - tomcat = 7.0.36 - tomcat = 7.0.37 - tomcat = 7.0.38 - tomcat = 7.0.39 - tomcat = 7.0.40 - tomcat = 7.0.41 - tomcat = 7.0.42 - tomcat = 7.0.43 - tomcat = 7.0.44 - tomcat = 7.0.45 - tomcat = 7.0.46 - tomcat = 7.0.47 - tomcat = 7.0.48 - tomcat = 7.0.49 - tomcat = 7.0.50 - tomcat = 7.0.52 - tomcat = 7.0.53 published: '2014-05-31' updated: '2026-10-14' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T17:17:31.707' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0119' references: - url: 'http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html' label: secalert@redhat.com - url: 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23' label: secalert@redhat.com - 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url: 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67669' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030298' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2654-1' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013 label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tags: - nvd epss: 0.07616 epssPercentile: 0.94473 ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T17:44:53.590Z' --- ## Overview Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.54, and 8.x before 8.0.6 does not properly constrain the class loader that accesses the XML parser used with an XSLT stylesheet, which allows remote attackers to (1) read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, or (2) read files associated with different web applications on a single Tomcat instance via a crafted web application. ## Affected - `tomcat = 8.0.0` - `tomcat = 8.0.1` - `tomcat = 8.0.3` - `tomcat = 8.0.5` - `tomcat <= 6.0.39` - `tomcat = 6` - `tomcat = 6.0` - `tomcat = 6.0.0` - `tomcat = 6.0.1` - `tomcat = 6.0.2` - `tomcat = 6.0.3` - `tomcat = 6.0.4` - `tomcat = 6.0.5` - `tomcat = 6.0.6` - `tomcat = 6.0.7` - `tomcat = 6.0.8` - `tomcat = 6.0.9` - `tomcat = 6.0.10` - `tomcat = 6.0.11` - `tomcat = 6.0.12` - `tomcat = 6.0.13` - `tomcat = 6.0.14` - `tomcat = 6.0.15` - `tomcat = 6.0.16` - `tomcat = 6.0.17` - `tomcat = 6.0.18` - `tomcat = 6.0.19` - `tomcat = 6.0.20` - `tomcat = 6.0.24` - `tomcat = 6.0.26` - `tomcat = 6.0.27` - `tomcat = 6.0.28` - `tomcat = 6.0.29` - `tomcat = 6.0.30` - `tomcat = 6.0.31` - `tomcat = 6.0.32` - `tomcat = 6.0.33` - `tomcat = 6.0.35` - `tomcat = 6.0.36` - `tomcat = 6.0.37` - `tomcat = 7.0.0` - `tomcat = 7.0.1` - `tomcat = 7.0.2` - `tomcat = 7.0.3` - `tomcat = 7.0.4` - `tomcat = 7.0.5` - `tomcat = 7.0.6` - `tomcat = 7.0.7` - `tomcat = 7.0.8` - `tomcat = 7.0.9` - `tomcat = 7.0.10` - `tomcat = 7.0.11` - `tomcat = 7.0.12` - `tomcat = 7.0.13` - `tomcat = 7.0.14` - `tomcat = 7.0.15` - `tomcat = 7.0.16` - `tomcat = 7.0.17` - `tomcat = 7.0.18` - `tomcat = 7.0.19` - `tomcat = 7.0.20` - `tomcat = 7.0.21` - `tomcat = 7.0.22` - `tomcat = 7.0.23` - `tomcat = 7.0.24` - `tomcat = 7.0.25` - `tomcat = 7.0.26` - `tomcat = 7.0.27` - `tomcat = 7.0.28` - `tomcat = 7.0.29` - `tomcat = 7.0.30` - `tomcat = 7.0.31` - `tomcat = 7.0.32` - `tomcat = 7.0.33` - `tomcat = 7.0.34` - `tomcat = 7.0.35` - `tomcat = 7.0.36` - `tomcat = 7.0.37` - `tomcat = 7.0.38` - `tomcat = 7.0.39` - `tomcat = 7.0.40` - `tomcat = 7.0.41` - `tomcat = 7.0.42` - `tomcat = 7.0.43` - `tomcat = 7.0.44` - `tomcat = 7.0.45` - `tomcat = 7.0.46` - `tomcat = 7.0.47` - `tomcat = 7.0.48` - `tomcat = 7.0.49` - `tomcat = 7.0.50` - `tomcat = 7.0.52` - `tomcat = 7.0.53` ## Remediation Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.