ALPINE-CVE-2016-5131

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CVE-2016-5131
Published: 23 Jul 2016, 19:59
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jul 2016, 19:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•libxml2

    < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1 | < 2.9.4-r1

References (1)