CVE-2009-2625

NONECVSS 0.0Elevated
0.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No confirmed exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 30%CVSS: —Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, and in other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

CVSS v3
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EG Score
0.0(none)
EPSS
98.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2009

Last Modified

April 23, 2026

References (126)

Patch Availability(19)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-6-jre (6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu11) @ jaunty2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulibexpat1 (2.0.1-4ubuntu1.1) @ karmic2026-05-30ubuntu
redhatpatch2013-04-22redhat
redhatjasperreports-server-pro-0:4.7.1-2.el6ev2012-12-04redhat
redhatpatch2012-09-05redhat
redhatpatch2012-06-12redhat
redhatxerces-j2-0:2.7.1-12.6.el6_02011-06-08redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el52010-01-14redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el42009-12-11redhat
redhatxml-security-0:1.3.0-1.3.patch01.ep1.2.1.el52009-12-10redhat
redhatxml-security-0:1.3.0-1.3.patch01.ep1.2.el42009-12-09redhat
redhatxerces-j2-0:2.7.1-7jpp.2.el5_4.22009-11-30redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.6-1jpp.3.el52009-11-12redhat
redhatjava-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el5_32009-11-04redhat
redhatjava-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el52009-10-14redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.10-1jpp.4.el52009-08-28redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el52009-08-06redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el52009-08-06redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.2.b09.el52009-08-06redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
xerces:xercesImpl2.0.0 ... 2.9.1 (15 versions)2.10.0—

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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  1. 2026-07-07 16:42 UTCOSV refresh
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  27. 2026-05-30 15:55 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-05-29 13:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-05-29 03:06 UTCOSV refresh
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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2009-2625?
CVE-2009-2625 is a none vulnerability published on August 6, 2009. XMLScanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java, as used in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, and in other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and application hang) via malformed XML input, as…
When was CVE-2009-2625 disclosed?
CVE-2009-2625 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2009, with the most recent update on April 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2009-2625 actively exploited?
CVE-2009-2625 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 98.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
How do I remediate CVE-2009-2625?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2009-2625, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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