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CVE-2016-7167 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016 CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 CVE
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html CVE

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
fedoraproject fedora
23
24
25

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
haxx libcurl
<= 7.50.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7167
NVD Published Date:
Oct 7, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-7167 Details - Not Deferred