CVE-2008-4482

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4482
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-08 02:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.1.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.2.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.3.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.4.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.5.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.6.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 1.7.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.1.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.2.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.3.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.4.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.5.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.6.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c 2.7.0 All All All
Application Apache Xerces-c All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xerces.apache.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Issue Navigator - ASF JIRA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.apache.org Exploit
Xerces-C++ 'maxOccurs' XML Parsing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Xerces-C++ "maxOccurs" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-12-02Joshua BressersNot Vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise MRG does not use Xerces-C++ in a manner that is vulnerable to this flaw.

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