CVE-2009-2625

unknown
Published 2020-06-15 · Modified 2024-12-02
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2625

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.9.1-4.1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.9.1-4.1
debian debianforkyfixed2.9.1-4.1
debian debiansidfixed2.9.1-4.1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.9.1-4.1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenxerces:xercesImpl<2.10.02.10.0

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.