vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20005.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20005",
  "details": "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.",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-20005"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
    },
    {
      "type": "Ubuntu",
      "score": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "published": "2018-12-10T06:29:00Z",
  "modified": "2026-10-17T09:06:05Z",
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20005"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/234"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/fouzhe/security/tree/master/mxml#heap-use-after-free-in-function-mxmlwalknext"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20005"
    }
  ]
}