Critical severity · published May 26, 2016
CVE-2016-0718
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
9.8
CVSS
13.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)13.3% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 48.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libexpat · Libexpat Project
before 2.2.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Debuginfo · Suse
11 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
12; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11; 12; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Suse
11; 12; 12 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
10.11.0 through 10.11.5 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
PA
Policy Auditor · Mcafee
before 6.5.1 · source: NVD
PY
Python · Python
2.7.0 before 2.7.15; 3.3.0 before 3.3.7; 3.4.0 before 3.4.7; 3.5.0 before 3.5.4; 3.6.0 before 3.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0718
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0718
Mailing List
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
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