Out-of-bounds Write Affecting mxml package, versions <2.12-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.47% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-MXML-518359
  • published10 Dec 2018
  • disclosed10 Dec 2018

Introduced: 10 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-20004  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 mxml to version 2.12-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mxml package and not the mxml package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

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