CVE-2009-1885
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD
Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in "simply nested DTD structures," as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.3% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1880)
- Published
- August 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1880 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / xerces-c++
- apache / xerces-c++
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36201(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp?r1=781488&r2=781487&pathrev=781488&view=patch
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781488(Exploit)
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
- http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223
- http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52321
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01001.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01099.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01136.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01150.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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