ALPINE-CVE-2016-0718

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CVE-2016-0718
Published: 26 May 2016, 16:59
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 05:58

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 May 2016, 16:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 05:58
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•expat

    < 2.1.1-r1

References (1)