CVE-2018-1311

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

The Apache Xerces-C 3.0.0 to 3.2.3 XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs. This flaw has not been addressed in the maintained version of the library and has no current mitigation other than to disable DTD processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1311

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1311.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archaffected
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.3+debian-2
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.3+debian-2
debian debianforkyfixed3.2.3+debian-2
debian debiansidfixed3.2.3+debian-2
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.3+debian-2

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.