7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-7141
curl SSL Client Certificate Hijacking Vulnerability
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 a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection for which no certificate has been set, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5420.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 3, 2016, 9:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 13, 2018, 11:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-7141 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Haxx curl
2 Haxx libcurl
1 Opensuse leap

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-7141 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.50.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32 No Types Assigned https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html No Types Assigned https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-287
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html No Types Assigned https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-285
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32 No Types Assigned https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.50.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-7141 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.36 }} 0.00%

score

0.67644

percentile

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