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)…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 38.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Xerces-C XML Parser < 3.1.2 - Denial of Service (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36906dos, linuxpublished 4 May 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 36906 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.7% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- DSA-3199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 73252 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4226 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4228 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4321 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0966 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4285 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131756/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Denial-Of-Service.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2015-0252.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1032254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36906 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150319.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-0273 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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