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CVE-2014-3643 jersey

Affected softwarejersey
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in1.13
WeaknessXML external entity (XXE) (CWE-611)
Published15 Dec 2019
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

jersey: XXE via parameter entities not disabled by the jersey SAX parser

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 2.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

  • Protection full XXE
  • Action available security rule
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule
Finding Protected by Waratek's ARMR xxe security rule, which blocks this class of attack at the JVM level without a rule written for this CVE specifically. The CVE's weakness is CWE-611: XML External Entity Reference.
Candidate fix https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3643 : a Red Hat CVE page: the weakest kind, naming no commit, though it shows Red Hat has looked at the CVE

How to mitigate CVE-2014-3643

Upgrade jersey to 1.13 or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its XXE rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2026 ↗ CPU 2026-Q3 Oracle Enterprise Manager / Web Services Management (Eclipse Jersey) (13.5)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Enterprise Manager Web Services Management (Eclipse Jersey) 13.5 13.5

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
com.sun.jersey:jersey-core 0 1.13 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
osv com.sun.jersey jersey-core generic < 1.13
nvd jersey project jersey generic any version

References

URLTags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3643 redhat-cve
https://github.com/javaee/jersey-1.x/commit/49f1e5a6ac608ccb51939205e4739f328f2223e6 WEB
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-3643 WEB
https://github.com/javaee/jersey-1.x PACKAGE
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html WEB
https://www.sourceclear.com/vulnerability-database/security/xml-external-entity-xxe/java/sid-22175 WEB

Timeline

Published2019-12-15By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.