| Name | CVE-2018-20004 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1641-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 918007 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mxml (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.6-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 2.10-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.12-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.2-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 3.3.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mxml | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| mxml | source | jessie | 2.6-2+deb8u1 | | DLA-1641-1 | |
| mxml | source | (unstable) | 2.12-2 | low | | 918007 |
Notes
[stretch] - mxml <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/233
Fixed by https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/commit/4f5577dd4672d228e4180f06bdbd66f343ea45e0