CVE-2016-7141
curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of
02 Description
curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-10-03 21:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 65872d7228ee01add032243cc29e32a31f02ae5dcb2250ceeefec08dca732206
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2575http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html
- curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3558https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229
- www.securitytracker.com1036739http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181106 [SECURITY] [DLA 1568-1] curl security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2379http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2957http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- www.securityfocus.com92754http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-47https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- curl Fixed in 7.51.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- curl Fixed in 7.51.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- curl Fixed in 7.51.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- curl Fixed in 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- curl Fixed in 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.