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CVE-2009-2625

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-08-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Apache Xerces2 JavaCanonical Ubuntu LinuxOracle Primavera Web ServicesFedoraproject FedoraDebian Debian LinuxOracle JdkOpensuse OpensuseOracle Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio ManagementSuse Linux Enterprise Server

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References