High severity8.8OSV Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-20004
CVE-2018-20004
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 '' substring, as demonstrated by testmxml.
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Affected products
6- Range: v2.11, v2.12
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
5- github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/mxmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/233nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/nvd
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