CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-5131

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

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-to function.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that lead to denial of service, potentially affecting the availability of their web services.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Google Chrome to version 52.0.2743.82 or later to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS