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CVE-2016-1684 json

numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.29, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles the i format token for xsl:number data, which…

published 2016-06-05 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2779

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.29, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles the i format token for xsl:number data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow or resource consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Patch / fix

  • libxslt Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.29-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1684

  • libxslt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1
  • libxslt Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1
  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • oxide-qt Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1684

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 51.0.2704.63-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1190

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 55.0.2883.75-3.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-1684 updated cvss 4.3

chromium-browser: integer overflow in libxslt

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libxslt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libxslt, libxslt-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libxslt, libxslt-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) libxslt Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) libxslt-python Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) libxslt-python
    +2 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) libxslt-python Red Hat Storage 3 libxslt, libxslt-python
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 51.0.2704.63-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 51.0.2704.63-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 51.0.2704.63-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1190

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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