Is CVE-2009-2625 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2625 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2026-04-23.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2625?

CVE-2009-2625 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2009-2625?

Patch guidance is available from oracle security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2009-2625.

CVE-2009-2625 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2009-2625?

56 products: oracle jdk, oracle jdk, oracle jdk, oracle jdk, oracle jdk, and 51 more.

Description

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 Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ORACLE
Published: 8/6/2009
Last Modified: 4/23/2026
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

oracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkoracle : jdkfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraopensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensuseopensuse : opensusesuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_serversuse : linux_enterprise_serverdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxoracle : primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_managementoracle : primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_managementoracle : primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_managementoracle : primavera_web_servicesoracle : primavera_web_servicesoracle : primavera_web_servicesapache : xerces2_java

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD