CVE-2009-1885 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apache Xerces-c
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
14.1%
top 5.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 11
Latest updateMay 2
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.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9
Affected Packages2 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
2💬Community
1Bugzilla
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