--- id: CVE-2016-5131 title: >- 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… summary: >- 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… severity: high cvss: 8.8 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H' cwe: - CWE-416 - CWE-416 vendor: google product: chrome affected: - chrome < 52.0.2743.82 - libxml2 <= 2.9.4 - iphone_os < 10.0 - mac_os_x < 10.12 - tvos < 10.0 - watchos < 3.0 - ubuntu_linux = 14.04 - ubuntu_linux = 16.04 - enterprise_linux_desktop = 6.0 - enterprise_linux_server = 6.0 - enterprise_linux_workstation = 6.0 - leap = 42.1 - opensuse = 13.1 - opensuse = 13.2 - linux_enterprise = 12.0 - debian_linux = 8.0 - debian_linux = 9.0 patched: - chrome 52.0.2743.82 - iphone_os 10.0 - mac_os_x 10.12 - tvos 10.0 - watchos 3.0 published: '2016-07-23' updated: '2026-10-14' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T07:16:38.367' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5131' references: - url: >- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358641' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://codereview.chromium.org/2127493002' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://crbug.com/623378' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://support.apple.com/HT207141' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://support.apple.com/HT207142' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://support.apple.com/HT207143' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: 'https://support.apple.com/HT207170' label: chrome-cve-admin@google.com - url: >- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3041-1' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358641' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://codereview.chromium.org/2127493002' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://crbug.com/623378' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://support.apple.com/HT207141' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://support.apple.com/HT207142' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://support.apple.com/HT207143' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://support.apple.com/HT207170' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html' label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e tags: - nvd epss: 0.02251 epssPercentile: 0.82466 ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T07:21:04.794Z' --- ## Overview 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 - `chrome < 52.0.2743.82` - `libxml2 <= 2.9.4` - `iphone_os < 10.0` - `mac_os_x < 10.12` - `tvos < 10.0` - `watchos < 3.0` - `ubuntu_linux = 14.04` - `ubuntu_linux = 16.04` - `enterprise_linux_desktop = 6.0` - `enterprise_linux_server = 6.0` - `enterprise_linux_workstation = 6.0` - `leap = 42.1` - `opensuse = 13.1` - `opensuse = 13.2` - `linux_enterprise = 12.0` - `debian_linux = 8.0` - `debian_linux = 9.0` ## Remediation Upgrade past the affected range: - `chrome 52.0.2743.82` - `iphone_os 10.0` - `mac_os_x 10.12` - `tvos 10.0` - `watchos 3.0`