CVE•Published 2016-07-23•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-5131Google · Chrome
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
82
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 18% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2016-07-23
Modified 2026-10-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-5131Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Google Chrome"All exposed Google Chrome instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Chrome"HTTP body or banner mentions "Chrome" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-5131Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-5131Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-5131Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-5131GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-5131" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.