VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4002

HIGH 7.1EPSS 24.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0: 7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS: 24.74% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: ibm/java · oracle/jdk · oracle/jre · oracle/jrockit · ibm/sterling b2b integrator · ibm/host on-demand · ibm/tivoli application dependency discovery manager · ibm/sterling file gateway · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise java · suse/linux enterprise sdk · suse/linux enterprise server · canonical/ubuntu linux · apache/xerces2 java
Source: psirt@us.ibm.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 24.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00001.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00026.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00027.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00029.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00003.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00023.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138674031212883&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138674073720143&w=2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1059.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1081.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1440.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1447.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1451.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1505.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1818.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1821.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1822.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1823.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.htmlBroken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0773.htmlBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56257Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5982Third Party Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=965250&r2=1499506&view=patchPatch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.