CVE-2016-7167
"libcurl Integer Overflow Vulnerability"
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 7, 2016, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-7167
vulnerability.
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CVE-2016-7167 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2016-7167 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813 Added Reference http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 Added Reference https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/ Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/ Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/ Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/ -
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] -
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]
Aug. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016 [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] -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.50.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html No Types Assigned https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632 No Types Assigned http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-190 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.50.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975 Broken Link Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html No Types Assigned https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632 No Types Assigned http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-119 Added CWE CWE-190
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-7167 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-7167
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.40 }} 0.19%
score
0.84517
percentile