CVE-2016-0718 (GCVE-0-2016-0718)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-26 16:00
Modified
2024-08-05 22:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
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.
References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT206903 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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