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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-483-1 | expat security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3582-1 | expat security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-0749 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2983-1 | Expat vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3013-1 | XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3044-1 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-5455-1 | xmltok library vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7199-1 | xmltok library vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:03.995Z
Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-0718
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-05-26T16:59:00.133
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2016-0718
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN