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CVE-2009-1885

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 5.32%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-08-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Apache. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2009-1885
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
5.32%
Apache

Original NVD Description

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.