{"id":"CVE-2013-4002","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-4002","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:24:59.721Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2013-07-23T11:03:20.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:56:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@us.ibm.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":[],"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"],"epss":{"score":0.24738,"percentile":0.97904,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. 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