CVE-2016-5131

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Oct 14, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 23, 2016
Last modified
Oct 14, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-5131: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix