CVE-2016-0718

CRITICAL

Expat - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (30)

Core 30
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206903
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0283
EPSS Percentile 86.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (19)
apple/mac_os_x 10.11.0 - 10.11.5
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
libexpat_project/libexpat < 2.2.0
mcafee/policy_auditor < 6.5.1
mozilla/firefox < 48.0
opensuse/leap 42.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
... and 9 more
Published May 26, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026