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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 13.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
13.33% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
mozilla/firefox · apple/mac os x · suse/linux enterprise debuginfo · suse/studio onsite · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · opensuse/leap · suse/linux enterprise desktop · canonical/ubuntu linux · libexpat project/libexpat · debian/debian linux · opensuse/opensuse · mcafee/policy auditor · python/python
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.