CVE-2008-4482

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Score
2.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 16% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
C
Published: October 8, 2008 (6427 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

apache xerces-c\+\+

References

🔗 issues.apache.org 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 xerces.apache.org 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com