Is CVE-2009-2625 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2625 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2625?

CVE-2009-2625 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2625

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 30.4%EU EUVD

XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, and in other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 30.4% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2020-0452)
Published: August 6, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2020-0452 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / xerces2 java
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / jdk
oracle / primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management
oracle / primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management
oracle / primavera p6 enterprise project portfolio management
oracle / primavera web services

and 6 more…

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html(Broken Link)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.html(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36162(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36176(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36180(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36199(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37300(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37671(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37754(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38231(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38342(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43300(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50549(Third Party Advisory)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1(Broken Link, Patch)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263489-1(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272209-1(Broken Link)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021506.1-1(Broken Link)
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=572055&r2=787352&pathrev=787353&diff_format=h(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1984(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:108(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/6(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1615.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0858.html(Third Party Advisory)

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

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