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CVE-2009-1885

N/A
Published: August 11, 2009 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:08 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXerces C++

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in "simply nested DTD structures," as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (15)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36201
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp?r1=781488&r2=781487&pathrev=781488&view=patch
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781488
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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