fkie_cve-2008-4482
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-10-08 02:00
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The XML parser in Xerces-C++ before 3.0.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via an XML schema definition with a large maxOccurs value, which triggers excessive memory consumption during validation of an XML file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32108Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31533Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45596
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32108Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31533Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45596
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache xerces-c\+\+ *
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.0.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.0.1
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.1.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.2.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.3.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.4.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.5.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.6.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 1.7.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 2.0.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 2.1.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 2.2.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 2.3.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 2.4.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 2.5.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 2.6.0
apache xerces-c\+\+ 2.7.0


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