Is CVE-2016-0718 being actively exploited?

CVE-2016-0718 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-0718?

CVE-2016-0718 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

CVE-2016-0718

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 13.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.8 (v3.1)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 13.3% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2016-0749)
Published: May 26, 2016
NVD last modified: October 8, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-0749 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 8, 2026.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / mac os x
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
libexpat project / libexpat
mcafee / policy auditor
mozilla / firefox
opensuse / leap
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
python / python
suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / studio onsite

Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0962-2016 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365(Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21(Third Party Advisory)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT206903(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated October 10, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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