UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20592

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20592
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20592.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20592
Upstream
Published
2018-12-30T18:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-10T14:58:48Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml@3.3-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.2-1
3.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3-1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml@3.3.1-1build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.1-1
3.3.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml@3.3.1-1build1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10

mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml@3.3.1-1build1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.3.1-1build1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml@2.9-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.7-1
2.9-0ubuntu1
2.9-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libmxml-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9-0ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libmxml1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml@2.10-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.10-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.10-1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.10-1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.10-1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

mxml

Package

Name
mxml
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mxml@3.1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.12-2

3.*

3.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.1-1",
            "binary_name": "libmxml1"
        }
    ]
}