CVE-2016-8623 — Use After Free in Curl

CWE-416 — Use After Free12 documents9 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Haxx CurlTHE Curl Project Curl
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

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: curl.haxx.se ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-jfjh-88vc-36cr: A flaw was found in curl before version 7↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8623: A flaw was found in curl before version 7↗2018-08-01
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OSV
CVE-2016-8623: A flaw was found in curl before version 7↗2018-08-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2016-8623: 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: Use-after-free via shared cookies↗2016-11-02
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Debian
CVE-2016-8623: curl - A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies per...↗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-2016-8623 curl: Use-after-free via shared cookies↗2016-10-25
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