{
    "id": "CVE-2016-0718",
    "published": "2016-05-26 16:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:38:05",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.13335",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96300",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 13.3% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "mac_os_x"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "libexpat_project",
            "product": "libexpat"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "mcafee",
            "product": "policy_auditor"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "mozilla",
            "product": "firefox"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "leap"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "opensuse"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "python",
            "product": "python"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise_debuginfo"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise_desktop"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise_server"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise_software_development_kit"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "studio_onsite"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486",
        "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102"
    ]
}