{"id":"USN-2983-1","summary":"expat vulnerability","details":"Gustavo Grieco discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML\ndata. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into\nopening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0718)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:59Z","published":"2016-05-18T11:37:08Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0718"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-0718","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0718"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2983-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0718"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"expat","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/expat@2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["2.1.0-4","2.1.0-4ubuntu1","2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"expat","binary_version":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_name":"lib64expat1","binary_version":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_name":"lib64expat1-dev","binary_version":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_name":"libexpat1","binary_version":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2"},{"binary_name":"libexpat1-dev","binary_version":"2.1.0-4ubuntu1.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2983-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-0718","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"expat","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/expat@2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.1.0-7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"expat","binary_version":"2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"lib64expat1","binary_version":"2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"lib64expat1-dev","binary_version":"2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libexpat1","binary_version":"2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"libexpat1-dev","binary_version":"2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2983-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-0718","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}