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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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-483-1 expat security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3582-1 expat security update
EUVD 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 Ubuntu USN USN-2983-1 Expat vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3013-1 XML-RPC for C and C++ vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3044-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5455-1 xmltok library vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7199-1 xmltok library vulnerabilities
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References
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102 cve-icon cve-icon
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0718 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 cve-icon cve-icon
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0718 cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01656}

epss

{'score': 0.01504}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:03.995Z

Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-0718

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-26T16:59:00.133

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-0718

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-0718 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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