CVE-2016-5131
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 h…
Published Jul 23, 2016 · updated Oct 14, 2026 · google chrome
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.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 23, 2016 · NIST NVD
Detected
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.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
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
- cpe apple/iphone osversion unspecified
- cpe apple/mac os xversion unspecified
- cpe apple/tvosversion unspecified
- cpe apple/watchosversion unspecified
- cpe canonical/ubuntu linux14.04
- cpe canonical/ubuntu linux16.04
- cpe debian/debian linux8.0
- cpe google/chromeversion unspecified
- cpe opensuse/leap42.1
- cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop6.0
- cpe xmlsoft/libxml2version unspecified
Sources
- NIST NVDCVE-2016-5131
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.
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