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CVE-2013-4002

XMLscanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0, as used in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Java 5

XMLscanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0, as used in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Java 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 as well as Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and earlier, JRockit R28.2.8 and earlier, JRockit R27.7.6 and earlier, Java SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XML attribute names.

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.08028
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules6 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

7
ibm javaall versions
oracle jdkall versions
oracle jreall versions
oracle jrockit>= r27.7.0 and <= r27.7.6
oracle jrockit>= r28.0.0 and <= r28.2.8
ibm host on-demandall versions

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven xerces:xercesImpl HIGH fixed in 2.12.0

Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Java Children Processes
producthighSuspicious Processes Spawned by Java.EXE
producthighSuspicious Shells Spawn by Java Utility Keytool
producthighJava Payload Strings
productmediumJava Running with Remote Debugging
productmediumShell Process Spawned by Java.EXE

Scoring & Timeline

7.1
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@us.ibm.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD23 Jul 2013 · 11:03 AM

Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10534-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:0235Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2015:0234Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2015:0773Important
rhsaRHSA-2015:0765Moderate
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References & Sources

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