CVE-2016-0718
expat: Out-of-bounds heap read on crafted input causing crash
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 17, 2016
Updated · September 21, 2026
Description
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way Expat processed certain input. A remote attacker could send specially crafted XML that, when parsed by an application using the Expat library, would cause that application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the application.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read