CVE-2016-0718
expat - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-0718
To remediate CVE-2016-0718, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/expat—upgrade to 2.1.1-r1 or later
- Debian/expat—upgrade to 2.1.1-2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.0-1+deb7u3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.0-6+deb8u2 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2016-0718 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 2.1.1-r1
- from 0, < 2.1.1-2
- from 0, < 2.1.0-1+deb7u3
- from 0, < 2.1.0-6+deb8u2
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |