CVE-2016-7167
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Integer overflow
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)12%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813Advisory
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558