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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-08T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:09.701Z

Reserved: 2008-10-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4482

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-08T02:00:01.267

Modified: 2017-08-08T01:32:40.703

Link: CVE-2008-4482

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