CVE-2016-5131

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 23, 2016 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 07:16 AM UTC
14 products affected across 8 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxChrome

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versionsv < 10.0
Affected range stops below 10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versionsv < 10.12
Affected range stops below 10.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versionsv < 10.0
Affected range stops below 10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versionsv < 3.0
Affected range stops below 3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versionsv < 52.0.2743.82
Affected range stops below 52.0.2743.82, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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