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CVE-2008-4482

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Published: Oct 8, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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7.8
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (18)

Products: Apache: Xerces C++
1 product
Xerces C++
Configuration A
18 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Apache
Up to 2.8.0
Version 1.0.0
Version 1.0.1
Version 1.1.0
Version 1.2.0
Version 1.3.0
Version 1.4.0
Version 1.5.0
Version 1.6.0
Version 1.7.0
Version 2.0.0
Version 2.1.0
Version 2.2.0
Version 2.3.0
Version 2.4.0
Version 2.5.0
Version 2.6.0
Version 2.7.0

References (10)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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