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CVE-2018-20004

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 10, 2018 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraMini XML

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/mxml#stack-buffer-overflow-in-function-mxml_write_node
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/233
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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