CVE-2008-4482

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45596

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-4463

http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31533

http://secunia.com/advisories/32108

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-10-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04183