Severity: moderate

Affected versions:

- Apache Xerces C++ 3.0.0 before 3.2.5

Description:

The Apache Xerces C++ XML parser on versions 3.0.0 before 3.2.5 contains a 
use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.5 which fixes the issue, or 
mitigate the issue by disabling DTD processing. This can be accomplished via 
the DOM using a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the 
XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable.

This issue has been disclosed before as CVE-2018-1311, but unfortunately that 
advisory incorrectly stated the issue would be fixed in version 3.2.3 or 3.2.4.

This issue is being tracked as XERCESC-2188 

References:

https://github.com/apache/xerces-c/pull/54
https://xerces.apache.org/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23807
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2188

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