CVE-2016-5421
high
CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.1
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
88%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7.50.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7.50.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7.50.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7.50.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7.50.1-1 |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| fedora | 24 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| haxx | libcurl | {"endIncluding":"7.50.0"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5421.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5421
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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