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 CVSS 9.8

CVECVE-2016-0718

First seen2026-10-08 22:15 UTC

Disclosed2016-05-26 16:59 UTC

Last updated2026-10-08 22:15 UTC

Channel statusauto

Summary

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.

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

Sources

NVD DATABASE

Original Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68 Mailing List
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12 Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html Patch
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102 Issue Tracking
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68 Mailing List
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12 Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html Patch
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923 Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102 Issue Tracking
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 Third Party Advisory

Timeline

2026-10-08 nvd_ingest NVD