CVE-2016-0718

CRITICAL

Expat - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

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)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68

[Third Party Advisory] http://support.eset.com/ca6333/

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705

... and 10 more

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0283

EPSS Percentile 86.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (22)

mozilla/firefox < 48.0

apple/mac_os_x < 10.11.5

suse/linux_enterprise_debuginfo

suse/studio_onsite

suse/linux_enterprise_server

suse/linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

opensuse/leap

suse/linux_enterprise_desktop

suse/linux_enterprise_server

suse/linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

canonical/ubuntu_linux

... and 7 more

Timeline

Published May 26, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026