High severity · published Jul 23, 2016
CVE-2016-5131
Use-after-free vulnerability in libxml2 through 2.9.4, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have…
8.8
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in libxml2 through 2.9.4, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the XPointer range-to function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 52.0.2743.82 · source: NVD
IO
iOS · Apple
before 10.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
through 2.9.4 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise · Suse
12.0 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.12 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
TV
Tvos · Apple
before 10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5131
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5131
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html
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