Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-1683

Title: Google Chrome Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-1683.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Jun 05, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-1683: 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.

Impacted Vendors

T
techland 1
X
xmlsoft 1
G
google 1

Reference Links

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340016 https://crbug.com/583156 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=d182d8f6ba3071503d96ce17395c9d55871f0242 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07 https://support.apple.com/HT206899 https://support.apple.com/HT206901 https://support.apple.com/HT206902 https://support.apple.com/HT206903 https://support.apple.com/HT206904 https://support.apple.com/HT206905 http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340016 https://crbug.com/583156 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=d182d8f6ba3071503d96ce17395c9d55871f0242 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07 https://support.apple.com/HT206899 https://support.apple.com/HT206901 https://support.apple.com/HT206902 https://support.apple.com/HT206903 https://support.apple.com/HT206904 https://support.apple.com/HT206905
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-1683 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.