CVE-2009-2625

Name: CVE-2009-2625
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2009-08-06T15:30:00.327+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 30.38%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-2625 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 30.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

30.38%

98.0th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Update
Oracle	Jdk	1.5.0	—
Oracle	Jdk	1.6.0	—
Fedoraproject	Fedora	10	—
Fedoraproject	Fedora	11	—
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.0	—
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.1	—
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.2	—
Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	9	—
Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	10	Sp2
Suse	Linux Enterprise Server	11	—
Debian	Debian Linux	4.0	—
Debian	Debian Linux	5.0	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	6.06	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	8.04	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	8.10	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	9.04	—
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	9.10	—
Oracle	Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management	6.1	—
Oracle	Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management	6.2.1	—
Oracle	Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management	7.0	—
Oracle	Primavera Web Services	6.2.1	—
Oracle	Primavera Web Services	7.0	—
Apache	Xerces2 Java	2.9.1	—

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.htmlBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36162Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36176Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36180Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36199Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37300Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37671Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37754Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38231Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38342Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43300Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50549Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1Broken Link, Patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263489-1Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272209-1Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021506.1-1Broken Link
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=572055&r2=787352&pathrev=787353&diff_format=hPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1984Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:108Third Party Advisory
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1615.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0858.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35958Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022680Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0359Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512921Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8520Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9356Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1636.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1637.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1649.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1650.htmlBroken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.htmlBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/36162Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36176Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36180Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36199Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37300Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37671Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37754Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38231Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38342Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43300Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50549Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1Broken Link, Patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263489-1Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272209-1Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021506.1-1Broken Link
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=572055&r2=787352&pathrev=787353&diff_format=hPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1984Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:108Third Party Advisory
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1615.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0858.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35958Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022680Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0359Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512921Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8520Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9356Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1636.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1637.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1649.htmlBroken Link
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1650.htmlBroken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 6, 2009
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2009-2625?

How severe is CVE-2009-2625?

Severity scoring for CVE-2009-2625 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 30.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2625?

Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST