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It is a\nuse-after-free in mxmlWalkNext in mxml-search.c, as demonstrated by\nmxmldoc (CVE-2018-20005).\n\nIn Mini-XML (aka mxml) v2.12, there is a use-after-free in the mxmlAdd\nfunction of the mxml-node.c file. Remote attackers could leverage this\nvulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted xml file, as\ndemonstrated by mxmldoc (CVE-2018-20592).\n\nIn Mini-XML (aka mxml) v2.12, there is stack-based buffer overflow in\nthe scan_file function in mxmldoc.c (CVE-2018-20593).\n","status":"published","published":"2019-05-12T09:35:33Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:43:10.700987994Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.793816Z"}]}}