CVE-2016-5421

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.1
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5421
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-08-10T14:59:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-05-08T17:43:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.50.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.1
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638 Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.html Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059 Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5421
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5421
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:33:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:53:24 2016-08-10T14:59Z 2016-08-10T14:59:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:53:24 2020-05-08T17:43:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:53:24 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated