vulnerability

IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2016-0718: Expat is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing malformed XML data

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 7, 2022
Added
Sep 7, 2022
Modified
Nov 20, 2025

Description

Expat is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when processing malformed XML data. By using the Expat library, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim or cause the application to crash.

Solutions

ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-pi73984-for-9_0ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-pi73984-for-8_5ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-pi73984-for-7_0ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-9_0_0_2ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-8_5_5_11ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-8_0_0_13ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-7_0_0_43
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