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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade expat | Aug 30, 2017 | May 26, 2016 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade expat | Dec 16, 2016 | May 26, 2016 |
| Apple Itunes | — | Upgrade Apple iTunes to the latest version | Mar 24, 2017 | May 26, 2016 |
| Apple Osx Libexpat | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Nov 11, 2016 | May 26, 2016 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade expat-develUpgrade expat | Jan 27, 2017 | May 26, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade expat | May 18, 2016 | May 18, 2016 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Sep 18, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade linux-c6-expatUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade python27Upgrade expatUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-c7-expatUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade seamonkey | Oct 11, 2017 | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/expat. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 26, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade expatUpgrade expat-devel | Nov 30, 2017 | May 26, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade xulrunner | Jun 17, 2020 | May 26, 2016 |
| Ibm Http_server | — | Apply IBM HTTP Server version 8.5.5.11 or laterApply IBM HTTP Server version 9.0.0.2 or laterApply IBM HTTP Server version 7.0.0.43 or laterApply IBM HTTP Server Interim Fix PI73984Apply IBM HTTP Server version 8.0.0.13 or later | Sep 7, 2022 | Sep 7, 2022 |
| Mfsa2016 68 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 48.0 | Aug 3, 2016 | May 26, 2016 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/expat to version 2.2.0-0.175.3.11.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | May 26, 2016 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade expat-develUpgrade expat-staticUpgrade expat | Nov 28, 2016 | May 26, 2016 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | — | Sep 19, 2024 | May 17, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade expatNo solution existsUpgrade expat-staticUpgrade expat-debuginfoUpgrade expat-devel | Nov 28, 2016 | May 26, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libpython3_4m1_0Upgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade python3-tkUpgrade expatUpgrade libexpat1-32bitUpgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade python3-develUpgrade libexpat-develUpgrade python3-dbmUpgrade python3-baseUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0-32bitUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade python3-cursesUpgrade libexpat1-x86Upgrade python3Upgrade libexpat1 | May 31, 2016 | May 26, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade libxmltok1 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libxmltok1t64Upgrade lib64expat1Upgrade libxmlrpc-core-c3Upgrade libxmltok1t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libexpat1Upgrade libxmlrpc-c++4 | May 26, 2016 | May 26, 2016 |
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