FKIE_CVE-2018-20592
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-12-30 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:53
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| msweet | mini-xml | 2.12 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 28 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 29 |
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