CVE-2024-23807 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) affecting Apache Xerces C++ XML parser versions prior to 3.2.5, specifically triggered during external DTD scanning. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, immediate patching to version 3.2.5 or disabling DTD processing is strongly recommended to mitigate this severe risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:xerces-c\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.