XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE…

Description

XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, and in other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

30.4% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenxerces:xercesImplGHSA-334p-wv2m-w3vp (opens in a new tab)

References (63)

• SSA:2011-041-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1200 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• USN-890-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 36162 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-2543 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• DSA-1984 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091022 Re: Regarding expat bug 1990430 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 1021506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 37460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• HPSBUX02476 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 37754 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 36199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2012:1537 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-8329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0858 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1022680 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 37671 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 38342 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 35958 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1649 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091026 Re: CVE Request -- expat [was: Re: Regarding expat bug 1990430] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• TA09-294A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 50549 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 36180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 38231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 272209 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:108 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 36176 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2009-8337 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 43300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9356 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• TA10-012A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2012:1232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 263489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=572055&r2=787352&pathrev=787353&diff_format=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 37300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2009-09-03-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512921 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090906 Re: Re: expat bug 1990430 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20091023 Re: CVE Request -- expat [was: Re: Regarding expat bug 1990430] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• ADV-2011-0359 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• ADV-2009-3316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:1650 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [lucene-solr-user] 20200320 CVEs (vulnerabilities) that apply to Solr 8.4.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-334p-wv2m-w3vp (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:59 UTC.