CVE-2016-5421
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.1 · Use-after-free
8.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536Advisory
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1Advisory