VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-20004
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.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.02%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.02% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- mini-xml project/mini-xml · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/mxml#stack-buffer-overflow-in-function-mxml_write_nodeExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/233Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/
- https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/mxml#stack-buffer-overflow-in-function-mxml_write_nodeExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/233Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.