CVE-2008-4482 Information

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.

Reference

http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051 http://secunia.com/advisories/32108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31533 http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45596