UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0718

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0718

    Published: 17 May 2016Last Modified: 28 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0718
    Aliases:
    USN-2983-1
    USN-3013-1
    USN-3044-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0718, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2983-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3013-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3044-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5455-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0718, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7199-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: expat

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/expat?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-4
    2.1.0-4ubuntu1
    2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High