CVE-2016-0718

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-05-17

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.

See more information about CVE-2016-0718 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (expat)	ELSA-2016-2824	2016-11-28
Oracle Linux version 7 (expat)	ELSA-2016-2824	2016-11-28
Oracle VM version 3.3 (expat)	OVMSA-2016-0168	2016-11-28
Oracle VM version 3.4 (expat)	OVMSA-2016-0168	2016-11-28

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