CVE-2016-8618
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 31, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCurl
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
The libcurl API function called `curl_maprintf()` before version 7.51.0 can be tricked into doing a double-free due to an unsafe `size_t` multiplication, on systems using 32 bit `size_t` variables.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94098VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
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_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8618x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102D.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47CVSS
5.3MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416CWE-415
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