CVE-2016-8621
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.3 · Out-of-bounds read
5.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The `curl_getdate` function in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to an out of bounds read if it receives an input with one digit short.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8621 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8621Patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8621.patchPatch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102G.htmlPatch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94101Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558