CVE-2008-4482

CVSS V2 High 7.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4482
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-10-08T02:00:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:32:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.8.0
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051 Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/32108 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31533 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45596
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4482
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4482
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:48 Added to TrackCVE