diff --git a/SOURCES/XMLReader.cpp.patch b/SOURCES/XMLReader.cpp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d315af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/XMLReader.cpp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+diff -urNp xerces-c-3.1.1/src/xercesc/internal/XMLReader.cpp xerces-c-3.1.1-patch/src/xercesc/internal/XMLReader.cpp
+--- xerces-c-3.1.1/src/xercesc/internal/XMLReader.cpp	2010-01-20 12:06:14.000000000 -0500
++++ xerces-c-3.1.1-patch/src/xercesc/internal/XMLReader.cpp	2015-06-22 12:20:22.131498873 -0400
+@@ -1460,6 +1460,17 @@ void XMLReader::doInitDecode()
+ 
+             while (fRawBufIndex < fRawBytesAvail)
+             {
++                // Security fix: make sure there are at least sizeof(UCS4Ch) bytes to consume.
++                if (fRawBufIndex + sizeof(UCS4Ch) > fRawBytesAvail) {
++                    ThrowXMLwithMemMgr1
++                    (
++                        TranscodingException
++                        , XMLExcepts::Reader_CouldNotDecodeFirstLine
++                        , fSystemId
++                        , fMemoryManager
++                    );
++                }
++
+                 // Get out the current 4 byte value and inc our raw buf index
+                 UCS4Ch curVal = *asUCS++;
+                 fRawBufIndex += sizeof(UCS4Ch);
+@@ -1619,6 +1630,17 @@ void XMLReader::doInitDecode()
+ 
+             while (fRawBufIndex < fRawBytesAvail)
+             {
++                // Security fix: make sure there are at least sizeof(UTF16Ch) bytes to consume.
++                if (fRawBufIndex + sizeof(UTF16Ch) > fRawBytesAvail) {
++                    ThrowXMLwithMemMgr1
++                    (
++                        TranscodingException
++                        , XMLExcepts::Reader_CouldNotDecodeFirstLine
++                        , fSystemId
++                        , fMemoryManager
++                    );
++                }
++
+                 // Get out the current 2 byte value
+                 UTF16Ch curVal = *asUTF16++;
+                 fRawBufIndex += sizeof(UTF16Ch);
+@@ -1708,6 +1730,17 @@ void XMLReader::doInitDecode()
+ //
+ void XMLReader::refreshRawBuffer()
+ {
++    // Security fix: make sure we don't underflow on the subtraction.
++    if (fRawBufIndex > fRawBytesAvail) {
++        ThrowXMLwithMemMgr1
++        (
++            RuntimeException
++            , XMLExcepts::Str_StartIndexPastEnd
++            , fSystemId
++            , fMemoryManager
++        );
++    }
++
+     //
+     //  If there are any bytes left, move them down to the start. There
+     //  should only ever be (max bytes per char - 1) at the most.
diff --git a/SPECS/xerces-c.spec b/SPECS/xerces-c.spec
index 180726f..8d0c0ef 100644
--- a/SPECS/xerces-c.spec
+++ b/SPECS/xerces-c.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 Summary:	Validating XML Parser
 Name:		xerces-c
 Version:	3.1.1
-Release:	6%{?dist}
+Release:	7%{?dist}
 License:	ASL 2.0
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 URL:		http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/
 Source0:	http://archive.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/3/sources/xerces-c-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+Patch1: 	XMLReader.cpp.patch
 
 BuildRequires:	dos2unix
 
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ write XML data. A shared library is provided for parsing, generating,
 manipulating, and validating XML documents.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q 
+%setup -q
+%patch1 -p1
 # Copy samples before build to avoid including built binaries in -doc package
 mkdir -p _docs
 cp -a samples/ _docs/
@@ -96,6 +98,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %doc README LICENSE NOTICE CREDITS doc _docs/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jun 22 2015 Avesh Agarwal <avagarwa@redhat.com> - 3.1.1-7
+Resolves: rhbz#1217104 CVE-2015-0252
+
 * Fri Jan 24 2014 Daniel Mach <dmach@redhat.com> - 3.1.1-6
 - Mass rebuild 2014-01-24