CVE-2016-7167
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
02 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
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
- 11.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2016-10-07 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6d1415cd3851089e0de36e8b2d48868a834c57f60c0e935d87647f7581b6e3ec
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-80f4f71effhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/
- www.slackware.comSSA:2016-259-01http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3558https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-08533fc59chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/
- www.securityfocus.com92975http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181106 [SECURITY] [DLA 1568-1] curl security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
- www.securitytracker.com1036813http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813
- curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2016https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2486https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-47https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-7a2ed52d41https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- curl Fixed in 7.50.3-1
- lib32-curl Fixed in 7.50.3-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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.