CVE-2013-4002: Apache XERCES2 Java

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 24.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apache XERCES2 Java: from 2.4.0, before 2.12.0 (fixed in 2.12.0)
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 12.10 only; version 13.04 only; version 13.10 only
• IBM Host On-Demand: version 11.0 only; version 11.0.1 only; version 11.0.2 only; version 11.0.3 only; version 11.0.4 only; version 11.0.5 only; …
• IBM Java: version 5.0.0.0 only; version 5.0.11.0 only; version 5.0.11.1 only; version 5.0.11.2 only; version 5.0.12.0 only; version 5.0.12.1 only; …
• IBM Sterling b2b Integrator: version 5.2.4 only; version 5.1 only; version 5.2 only
• IBM Sterling File Gateway: version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only
• IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager: version 7.2.2 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 12.2 only; version 12.3 only
• Oracle JDK: version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only; version 1.7.0 only
• Oracle JRE: version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only; version 1.7.0 only
• Oracle JRockit: from r27.7.0, up to and including r27.7.6; from r28.0.0, up to and including r28.2.8
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Java: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise SDK: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 9 only; version 10 only; version 11 only

Published 2013-07-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.