CVE-2018-20005 Use after free in n/a
A use-after-free vulnerability in Mini-XML allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted XML input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-20005?
CVE-2018-20005 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 10 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue has been found in Mini-XML (aka mxml) 2.12. It is a use-after-free in mxmlWalkNext in mxml-search.c, as demonstrated by mxmldoc.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20005?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Msweet Mini-Xml.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20005?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2018-20005 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20005 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20005, GHSA-vr22-jmfq-69pr, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20005.