{"id":"MGASA-2020-0296","summary":"Updated xerces-c packages fix security vulnerability","details":"A use-after-free vulnerability was found in xerces-c in the way an XML\ndocument is processed via the SAX API. Applications that process XML\ndocuments with an external Document Type Definition (DTD) may be\nvulnerable to this flaw. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by\ncreating a specially crafted XML file that would crash the application or\npotentially lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-1311).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:43:27.657363752Z","published":"2020-07-31T23:25:42Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-1311"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0296.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26311"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0704"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xerces-c","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/xerces-c?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.2-2.1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0296.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}