CVE-2016-7167
N/A
Published: October 7, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraLibcurl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 12%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2) curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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