chromium-browser: out-of-bounds access in libxslt
Published Jun 5, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.14%
Description
numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.29, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles namespace nodes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 15.10
- 16.04
- 8.0
- 42.1
- 13.2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 12.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:51.0.2704.63-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1190
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo)
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty)
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka)
libxslt
Will not fix
Red Hat Storage 3
libxslt
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:51.0.2704.63-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1190 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | libxslt | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02142) | 81.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02230) | 80.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.01% (0.01009) | 75.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.45% (0.03447) | 78.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.01% (0.01009) | 75.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.80% (0.04803) | 93.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 22, 2024 | 4.80% (0.04803) | 91.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 4.44% (0.04444) | 91.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 1.68% (0.01680) | 86.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2023 | 1.39% (0.01386) | 84.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01180) | 82.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01109) | 82.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00748) | 78.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (30)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1683 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340016 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://crbug.com/583156 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=d182d8f6ba3071503d96ce17395c9d55871f0242 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1683
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://support.apple.com/HT206899 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/HT206901 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/HT206902 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/HT206904 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://support.apple.com/HT206905 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1683
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.