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MEDIUM
CVE-2018-20592
Mini-XML mxml Denial-of-Service Use-after-Free Vuln
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 30, 2018, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:01 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-20592 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20592 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Msweet mini-xml

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

[ICSE2020] UAFL DataSet

fuzzing

Makefile Roff Shell C++ GDB Perl XS M4 HTML CSS

Updated: 1 year ago
9 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Oct. 10, 2020, 2:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

Use-after-free testsuite used for fuzzing experiment

Makefile Roff Shell C++ GDB Perl XS M4 HTML CSS

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
8 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 21, 2019, 1:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-20592 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20592 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/237
    Added Reference https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_1.txt.err
    Added Reference https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_2.txt.err
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RNWF6BAU7S42O4LE4B74KIMHFE2HDNMI/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N53IJHDYR5HVQLKH4J6B27OEQLGKSGY5/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_1.txt.err No Types Assigned https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_1.txt.err Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_2.txt.err No Types Assigned https://github.com/ntu-sec/pocs/blob/master/mxml-53c75b0/crashes/uaf_mxml-node.c:128_2.txt.err Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/237 No Types Assigned https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/237 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:msweet:mini-xml:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.86 }} 1.42%

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0.90461

percentile

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