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CVE-2016-7167

Date: October 7, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (19)

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7167

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7167

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7167

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7167

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html

Url: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-7167

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016

Url: http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7167

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-190

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

CWE-131

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2016-7167

Date: October 7, 2016

Language: C

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