VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-20592
In Mini-XML (aka mxml) v2.12, there is a use-after-free in the mxmlAdd function of the mxml-node.c file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.49%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In Mini-XML (aka mxml) v2.12, there is a use-after-free in the mxmlAdd function of the mxml-node.c file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted xml file, as demonstrated by mxmldoc.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.49% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- msweet/mini-xml · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/237Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_1.txt.errExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_2.txt.errExploit, Third 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/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/237Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_1.txt.errExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_2.txt.errExploit, Third 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.