CVE-2018-20004 is a high-severity stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Mini-XML 2.12 and related Debian and Fedora distributions. The flaw resides in the mxml_write_node function and can be triggered by specially crafted input involving a double-precision floating-point number and the '<order type="real">' substring. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but no prior authentication. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mini-xml_project:mini-xml:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.