CVE-2018-20004
HIGHMini-XML 2.12 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in mxml_write_node via Real Order Type
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/233
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/mxml#stack-buffer-overflow-in-function-mxml_write_node
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0203
EPSS Percentile
78.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
fedoraproject/fedora
28
fedoraproject/fedora
29
mini-xml_project/mini-xml
2.12
Published
Dec 10, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026