Use After Free in Apple Iphone OS
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 have unspecified other impact via vectors related to the XPointer range-to function.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple Mac OS X
- Apple tvOS
- Apple watchOS
- Google Chrome
- Xmlsoft Libxml2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- support.apple.com/HT207141
- crbug.com/623378
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053 (vdb-entry)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-5131?
- CVE-2016-5131 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-07-23.
- How severe is CVE-2016-5131?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-5131 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.