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CVE-2016-0718

CVE-2016-0718CRITICAL

n/a n/a — Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input do…

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .1333   96.4     —

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Dec 16  Reserved by redhat
  May 26  Published (CNA: redhat)
  Oct 8   ENRICHED — CVE-2016-0718. Received CVSS 9.8 and CPE data from NVD.

CWE-119 · CNA: redhat · CVSS v3.1 · 30 references · NVD status: Modified

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
December 16, 2015	Reserved	Reserved by redhat
May 26, 2016	Published	Published (CNA: redhat)
October 8, 2026	ENRICHED	ENRICHED — CVE-2016-0718. Received CVSS 9.8 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-119

References (30)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html [Mailing List, 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]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html [Third Party Advisory]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68 [Mailing List, 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 [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12 [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html [Third Party Advisory]
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 [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1 [Third Party Advisory]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 [Third Party Advisory]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923 [Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102 [Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 [Third Party Advisory]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 [Third Party Advisory]
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html [Third Party Advisory]
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 [Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2016-0718 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-119

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