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CVE-2008-4482
Published: Oct 8, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
xerces-maxoccurs-dos(45596)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
31533
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
32108
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051
x_refsource_MISC
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