CVE-2016-0718
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 13.3% (pctl 96)
Patch early
EPSS 13.3% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input document, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 13.34% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-05-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (14)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | mac os x |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| libexpat project | libexpat |
| mcafee | policy auditor |
| mozilla | firefox |
| opensuse | leap |
| opensuse | opensuse |
| python | python |
| suse | linux enterprise debuginfo |
| suse | linux enterprise desktop |
| suse | linux enterprise server |
| suse | linux enterprise software development kit |
| suse | studio onsite |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68
- http://support.eset.com/ca6333/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705
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