CVE-2016-8623

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8623
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-01T06:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-06-29T15:15:11
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:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.51.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patch Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8623 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94106 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html Patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8623
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8623
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:34 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:46:17 2018-08-01T06:29Z 2018-08-01T06:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 10:46:17 2021-06-29T15:15:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 10:46:17 Modified Vulnerability Status updated