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CVE-2018-20004

An issue has been found in Mini-XML (aka mxml) 2.12.

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue has been found in Mini-XML (aka mxml) 2.12. It is a stack-based buffer overflow in mxml_write_node in mxml-file.c via vectors involving a double-precision floating point number and the '<order type="real">' substring, as demonstrated by testmxml.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.02% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.18.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • github.com /michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/233 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • github.com /fouzhe/security/tree/master/mxml#stack-buffer-overflow-in-function-mxml_write_node · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OE · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMH · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred

Sources

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