CVE detail
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.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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- Chrome 52 Patches 48 VulnerabilitiesSecurityWeek
Google on Wednesday released Chrome 52 in the stable channel and revealed that no less than 48 security vulnerabilities were resolved in the popular web browser.
newswww.securityweek.comJul 21, 2016, 1:25 PM
Exploit code
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