CVE-2009-1885

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    CVE-2009-1885

    Published: 11 Aug 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/36201, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781488, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp?r1=781488&r2=781487&pathrev=781488&view=patch, http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html, http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/, http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986, 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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High