CVE-2016-9586
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 8.1
Description
curl before version 7.52.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output in libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions. If there are any application that accepts a format string from the outside without necessary input filtering, it could allow remote attacks.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-9586
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-04-23T18:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2021-06-29T15:15:12
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 7.52.0 |
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
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/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 |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_51_0-162-g3ab3c16 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221A.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9586 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037515 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95019 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 | |
| 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-2016-9586 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9586 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 07:09:33 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 05:31:52 | 2018-04-23T18:29Z | 2018-04-23T18:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 05:31:52 | 2021-06-29T15:15:12 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 05:31:52 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |