CVE - CVE-2008-4482

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4482	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:31533 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31533 CONFIRM:http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html MISC:http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051 SECUNIA:32108 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32108 XF:xerces-maxoccurs-dos(45596) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45596
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081007	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081007)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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