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. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted xml file, as demonstrated by mxmldoc.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-12-30

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Mini-xml (Msweet)

References

• https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/237
• https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_1.txt.err
• https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_2.txt.err
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27…
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KI…