Spring Framework Remote Denial of Service vulnerability
Published Apr 27, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.80%
Description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the java.util.regex.Pattern.compile method in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.6, when used with spring.jar in SpringSource Spring Framework 1.1.0 through 2.5.6 and 3.0.0.M1 through 3.0.0.M2 and dm Server 1.0.0 through 1.0.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via serializable data with a long regex string containing multiple optional groups, a related issue to CVE-2004-2540.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.5.0
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7b
- 1.1.7b
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.8
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.2
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.0_01
- 1.3.0_02
- 1.3.0_03
- 1.3.0_04
- 1.3.0_05
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.1_01
- 1.3.1_01a
- 1.3.1_02
- 1.3.1_03
- 1.3.1_04
- 1.3.1_05
- 1.3.1_06
- 1.3.1_07
- 1.3.1_08
- 1.3.1_09
- 1.3.1_10
- 1.3.1_11
- 1.3.1_12
- 1.3.1_13
- 1.3.1_14
- 1.3.1_15
- 1.3.1_16
- 1.3.1_17
- 1.3.1_18
- 1.3.1_19
- 1.3.1_20
- 1.3.1_21
- 1.3.1_22
- 1.3.1_23
- 1.3.1_24
- 1.3.1_25
- 1.3.1_26
- 1.3.1_27
- 1.3.1_28
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.0_01
- 1.4.0_02
- 1.4.0_03
- 1.4.0_04
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1_01
- 1.4.1_02
- 1.4.1_03
- 1.4.1_04
- 1.4.1_05
- 1.4.1_06
- 1.4.1_07
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2_1
- 1.4.2_2
- 1.4.2_3
- 1.4.2_4
- 1.4.2_5
- 1.4.2_6
- 1.4.2_7
- 1.4.2_8
- 1.4.2_9
- 1.4.2_10
- 1.4.2_11
- 1.4.2_12
- 1.4.2_13
- 1.4.2_14
- 1.4.2_15
- 1.4.2_16
- 1.4.2_17
- 1.4.2_18
- 1.4.2_19
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0_03
- 1.5.0_03
Running on/with
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.1.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.1
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.6
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This flaw affected JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1.0 when run on Sun JDK 1.5.x. It was resolved in JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.2.0, both by updating spring and by dropping support for Sun JDK 1.5.x.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.80% (0.02796) | 85.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.80% (0.02796) | 84.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.51% (0.01512) | 79.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.12% (0.04121) | 80.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.51% (0.01512) | 79.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.84% (0.04837) | 92.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.80% (0.03798) | 92.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.53% (0.03527) | 90.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34892 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/hitb06/DAY_1_-_Marc_Schoenefeld_-_Pentesting_Java_J2EE.pdf x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502926/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.springsource.com/securityadvisory x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1190 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497161 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50083 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjjr-h4wh-w6vv Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1190
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1190
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34892 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/hitb06/DAY_1_-_Marc_Schoenefeld_-_Pentesting_Java_J2EE.pdf | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502926/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.springsource.com/securityadvisory | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1190 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=497161 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50083 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjjr-h4wh-w6vv | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1190 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1190 |
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