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DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2625

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2625 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12libxerces2-java0, 0, 0
Debian:13libxerces2-java0, 0, 0
Debian:14libxerces2-java0, 0, 0
Debian:11libxerces2-java0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 6, 2009 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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