CVE-2016-5131

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.20% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358641
https://support.apple.com/HT207141
https://crbug.com/623378
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053 vdb entry
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html vendor advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://codereview.chromium.org/2127493002
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207170
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207142
https://support.apple.com/HT207143
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5131?
CVE-2016-5131 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-5131?
To fix CVE-2016-5131, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-5131 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-5131 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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