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CVE-2008-4482

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.8 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
EPSS score
4.2% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-4463)
Published
October 8, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4463 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++
  • apache / xerces-c++

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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