High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1683
CVE-2016-1683
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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Affected products
14cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
27- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/05/stable-channel-update_25.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00062.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00063.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00005.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3590nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3605nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/90876nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035981nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2992-1nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1190nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- crbug.com/583156nvd
- git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-07nvd
- support.apple.com/HT206899nvd
- support.apple.com/HT206901nvd
- support.apple.com/HT206902nvd
- support.apple.com/HT206903nvd
- support.apple.com/HT206904nvd
- support.apple.com/HT206905nvd
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