CVE-2016-5131 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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 https://support.apple.com/HT207143 https://support.apple.com/HT207170

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8