CVE-2016-1684

high

Published 2016-06-05 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.29, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles the i format token for xsl:number data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow or resource consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

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

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.1.29-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.1.29-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.1.29-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.1.29-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.1.29-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
google	chrome	`{"endIncluding":"50.0.2661.102"}`
xmlsoft	libxslt	`{"endIncluding":"1.1.28"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.