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CVE-2008-4482

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 4.18%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-10-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-4482
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.18%

Original NVD Description

The XML parser in Xerces-C++ before 3.0.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and crash) via an XML schema definition with a large maxOccurs value, which triggers excessive memory consumption during validation of an XML file.