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CVE-2013-4002

Published: Jul 23, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
7.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
24.7%
Top 2.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

ibm
commercial·USaka international business machines
javaLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
sterling b2b integratorOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
host on-demandOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
tivoli application dependency discovery managerOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
sterling file gatewayOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
Oracle Corp.
commercial·USaka oracle
jdkDev Tool
OSS Libraries / generic-library
JrockitOn-prem
Databases / db-tooling
Java SELibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Java SE EmbeddedLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
suse
commercial·DE
linux enterprise desktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise javaOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise sdkOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Maven
package-ecosystem
xerces:xercesImpl
OSS Libraries
opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC98015
www-01.ibm.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html
rhn.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
access.redhat.com
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