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CVE-2015-0252

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 39.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Xerces C++: through 3.1.1
• Debian Linux: 7.1
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 20, 21, 22

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152882.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153094.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153829.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153887.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153903.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153923.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131756/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Denial-Of-Service.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1193.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3199
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73252

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