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CVE-2008-4482

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4482 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xerces-C++ versions prior to 3.0.0, where a specially crafted XML schema definition with a large maxOccurs value can lead to excessive memory consumption and a crash during XML file validation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0418 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4482

CVE-2008-4482

References

issues.apache.org / jira/browse/XERCESC-1051
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/32108
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45596
securityfocus.com / bid/31533
Patch
xerces.apache.org / xerces-c/releases.html