xmltooling: incorrect processing of well-formed but invalid XML
Published Aug 12, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.44%
Description
XMLTooling-C before 1.5.5, as used in OpenSAML-C and Shibboleth Service Provider (SP), does not properly handle integer conversion exceptions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via schema-invalid XML data.
Affected products
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- ≤ 1.5.4
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Red Hat BPM Suite 6
xmltooling
Affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
xmltooling
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6
xmltooling
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
xmltooling
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6
xmltooling
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
xmltooling
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3
xmltooling
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6
xmltooling
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | xmltooling | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | xmltooling | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | xmltooling | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 | xmltooling | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 | xmltooling | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | xmltooling | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 | xmltooling | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 | xmltooling | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 1, 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 1, 2026 | 2.44% (0.02444) | 83.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.44% (0.02444) | 82.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 69.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.00% (0.02004) | 72.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00769) | 71.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.91% (0.00913) | 83.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2024 | 0.91% (0.00913) | 82.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.91% (0.00913) | 80.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150721.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3321 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76134 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0851 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248504 Issue Tracking
- https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-xmltooling.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2d795c731e6729309044607154978696a87fd900 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0851
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0851
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150721.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3321 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76134 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0851 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248504 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-xmltooling.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2d795c731e6729309044607154978696a87fd900 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0851 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0851 |
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