CVE-2016-1683

Publication date 31 May 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
chromium-browser	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242
	15.10 wily	Fixed 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1232
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
libxslt	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.1.29-1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.1.29-1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.4
oxide-qt	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.15.7-0ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.15.7-0ubuntu1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

reproducer in chromium bug report precise needed prerequisites: 0d6713d715509da1fec27bec220d43aa4fc48d0f 102099fb3bc0b29ede7dadc6388337ef4de59a74 (fix for 1st prereq)

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libxslt	Upstream: ?id=d18

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H