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CVE-2015-0252
internal/XMLReader.cpp in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash)…
Medium5.0EPSS 38.7%
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- redhat
Description
internal/XMLReader.cpp in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via crafted XML data.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.7% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (16)
- DSA-3199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 73252 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4226 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4228 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4321 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0966 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131756/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Denial-Of-Service.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2015-0252.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1032254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36906 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150319.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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