CVE-2016-5131
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 10.0 |
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 16.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 2.9.4+12+ge905f08-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5131.html
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-2
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358641
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2127493002
- https://crbug.com/623378
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
- https://support.apple.com/HT207141
- https://support.apple.com/HT207142
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.