CVE-2016-5131
HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2016-6082)
- Published
- July 23, 2016
- NVD last modified
- October 14, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-6082 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 14, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / mac os x
- apple / tvos
- apple / watchos
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- google / chrome
- opensuse / leap
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- suse / linux enterprise
- xmlsoft / libxml2
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 - NSS Cryptographic Module - SUSE, LLC - FIPS 140 3216 - historical
- Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived
- Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived
References
- 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://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- 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
- https://support.apple.com/HT207143
- https://support.apple.com/HT207170
Last updated October 15, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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