CVE-2017-3526
OpenJDK: incomplete XML parse tree size enforcement (JAXP, 8169011)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · April 18, 2017
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
It was found that the JAXP component of OpenJDK failed to correctly enforce parse tree size limits when parsing XML document. An attacker able to make a Java application parse a specially crafted XML document could use this flaw to make it consume an excessive amount of CPU and memory.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling