Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-0718

Title: Python RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-0718.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date May 26, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.83%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-0718: 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.

Impacted Vendors

L
libexpat_project 1
M
mcafee 1
O
opensuse_project 1
P
python 1
M
mozilla 1
P
python_software_foundation 1
S
suse 2

Reference Links

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://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 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 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://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 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
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-0718 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.