Is CVE-2009-1885 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-1885 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-1885?

CVE-2009-1885 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-1885?

CVE-2009-1885 has an EPSS score of 5.32% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1885?

Upgrade xerces-c on debian 11 to 3.0.1-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-1885

MEDIUMEPSS 92th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in "simply nested DTD structures," as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

xerces-cDebian

Fixed in:3.0.1-2CVE-2009-1885

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

5.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

svn.apache.org

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references11

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CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.