CVE-2009-1885

xerces-c27: Stack overflow when parsing recursive XML structures

Published Aug 11, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 5.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:27 AM
Reserved
Jun 2, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 11, 2009, 6:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:08 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Aug 5, 2009, 12:00 AM