{"cve":"CVE-2008-4482","nvd":{"published":"2008-10-08T02:00:01.267","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:53.810","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["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"],"products":["apache:xerces-c\\+\\+"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4482","score":0.04183,"percentile":0.90927,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}