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CVE-2016-0718
Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input…
Critical9.8EPSS 13.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.3% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (30)
- RHSA-2016:2824 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1037705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1036415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2983-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1523 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.eset.com/ca6333/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 90729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3044-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160517 CVE-2016-0718: Expat XML Parser Crashes on Malformed Input (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1508 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20170227 CVE-2016-9892 - Remote Code Execution as Root via ESET Endpoint Antivirus 6 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3582 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1512 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1964 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2486 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1036348 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1441 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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