CVE-2015-0252
internal/XMLReader.cpp in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via crafted XML data.
02 Description
internal/XMLReader.cpp in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via crafted XML data.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 39.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-03-24 17:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-18
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 15578afdbe3da8105ab34a708187002deb1349687285cee902dfdc14ad4e05d3
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3199http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3199
- www.securityfocus.com73252http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73252
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-4226http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152882.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-4228http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153887.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-4321http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153903.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0966http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-4251http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153829.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1193http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1193.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-4272http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153094.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-4285http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153923.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131756/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Denial-Of-Service.html
- xerces.apache.orghttp://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2015-0252.txt
- www.securitytracker.com1032254http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032254
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- www.exploit-db.com36906https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36906/
- shibboleth.nethttps://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150319.txt
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xerces-c Fixed in 3.1.1-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xerces-c Fixed in 3.1.1-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xerces-c Fixed in 3.1.1-5.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- xerces-c Fixed in 3.1.1-5.1~build0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.