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.
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
- 13.26% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- 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
EPSS 13.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://support.eset.com/ca6333/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.