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Critical 9.8Published May 26, 2016
CVE-2016-0718Expat 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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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
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
mozilla firefox mozilla:firefox | before 48.0 | NVD |
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x | from 10.11.0 through 10.11.5 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11 | NVD |
suse studio_onsite suse:studio_onsite | 1.3 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_server suse:linux_enterprise_server | 11; 12; 12 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11; 12; 12 | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 42.1 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_desktop suse:linux_enterprise_desktop | 12; 12 | NVD |
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux | 12.04; 14.04; 16.04 | NVD |
libexpat_project libexpat libexpat_project:libexpat | before 2.2.0 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 8.0 | NVD |
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse | 13.1; 13.2 | NVD |
mcafee policy_auditor mcafee:policy_auditor | before 6.5.1 | NVD |
python python python:python | from 2.7.0 before 2.7.15; from 3.3.0 before 3.3.7; from 3.4.0 before 3.4.7; from 3.5.0 before 3.5.4; from 3.6.0 before 3.6.2 | NVD |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20x-refsource-confirm
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- http://support.eset.com/ca6333/x-refsource-confirm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12mailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-apple
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923x-refsource-confirm
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68mailing-list, x-refsource-fulldisc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102x-refsource-confirm
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.htmlx-refsource-confirm
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack
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