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.
Published: 2009-08-11
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 14.1% Moderate
KEV: No
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Apache Xerces-c\+\+
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:27:54.875Z

Reserved: 2009-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1885

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-11T18:30:00.877

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1885

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-08-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1885 - Bugzilla

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