Name: CVE-2018-20004: Out-of-bounds Write
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-20004, CWE-787, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.00711

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mxml	Feb 20, 2019	Dec 10, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Dec 10, 2018

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CVSS Details

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