{"cve":"CVE-2009-2625","nvd":{"published":"2009-08-06T15:30:00.327","modified":"2026-06-16T23:09:51.873","status":"Modified","description":"XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, and in other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html"],"products":["apache:xerces2_java","canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","opensuse:opensuse","oracle:jdk","oracle:primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management","oracle:primavera_web_services","suse:linux_enterprise_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2625","score":0.3038,"percentile":0.98231,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-334p-wv2m-w3vp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-334p-wv2m-w3vp","summary":"Denial of service in Apache Xerces2","modified":"2024-12-02T05:40:14.119313Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"xerces:xercesImpl","purl":"pkg:maven/xerces/xercesImpl","ranges":["<2.10.0"],"fixed":["2.10.0"]}]}],"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."]}