VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-4482

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability4.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-10-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references