CVE-2016-8620 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Curl

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound12 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Haxx CurlTHE Curl Project Curl
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7.51.0 has a flaw that leads to integer overflow and out-of-bounds read via user controlled input.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDhaxx/curl< 7.51.0
▶Debianhaxx/curl< 7.51.0-1+3
▶CVEListV5the_curl_project/curl7.51.0

Patches

Patch: www.oracle.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: www.oracle.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rrg6-wpjx-p5jf: The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-8620: The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7↗2018-08-01
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8620: The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7↗2018-08-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2016-8620: macOS Sierra 10.12.2, Security Update 2016-003 El Capitan, and Security Update 2016-007 Yosemite↗2016-12-13
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Ubuntu
curl vulnerabilities↗2016-11-03
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Red Hat
curl: Glob parser write/read out of bounds↗2016-11-02
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Debian
CVE-2016-8620: curl - The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7.51.0 has a flaw that leads to in...↗2016
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8615 CVE-2016-8616 CVE-2016-8617 CVE-2016-8618 CVE-2016-8619 CVE-2016-8620 CVE-2016-8621 CVE-2016-8622 CVE-2016-8623 CVE-2016-8624 CVE-2016-8625 mingw-curl: various flaws [epel-7]↗2016-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8615 CVE-2016-8616 CVE-2016-8617 CVE-2016-8618 CVE-2016-8619 CVE-2016-8620 CVE-2016-8621 CVE-2016-8622 CVE-2016-8623 CVE-2016-8624 CVE-2016-8625 mingw-curl: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8615 CVE-2016-8616 CVE-2016-8617 CVE-2016-8618 CVE-2016-8619 CVE-2016-8620 CVE-2016-8621 CVE-2016-8622 CVE-2016-8623 CVE-2016-8624 curl: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8620 curl: Glob parser write/read out of bounds↗2016-10-25
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