CVE-2016-9586
HIGH8.1EPSS 1.0%curl - security update
Published: 4/23/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/curlfrom 0, < 7.52.1-r0
- Debian/curlfrom 0, < 7.52.1-1
- Debian/curlfrom 0, < 7.26.0-1+wheezy18
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |