CVE-2016-9586
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
curl before version 7.52.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output in libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions. If there are any application that accepts a format string from the outside without necessary input filtering, it could allow remote attacks.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
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 | | |
| arch | fixed | 7.52.1-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7.52.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7.52.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7.52.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7.52.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7.52.1-1 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-11
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-10
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-9
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-8
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-7
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201612-22
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9586.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9586
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.