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CVE-2016-5131

libxml2: Use after free triggered by XPointer paths beginning with range-to

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

8.8

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · July 20, 2016

Updated · September 21, 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.

Statement

This flaw in libxml2 requires exposing the library to XPath/XPointer expressions from an untrusted source, which is not common in practice for applications using libxml2. For libxml2, Red Hat Product Security has rated this vulnerability as Moderate severity.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified