CVE-2016-5131
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v2
6.8
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
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5131
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-2
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5131.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 2.9.4+12+ge905f08-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1 |
| macos | affected | 10.0 | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
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
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.