CVE-2016-0718 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8