CVE-2016-9586 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Curl
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedApr 23
Latest updateDec 29
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
4📋Vendor Advisories
7📄Research Papers
1arXiv▶
One Bad Apple Spoils the Barrel: Understanding the Security Risks Introduced by Third-Party Components in IoT Firmware↗2022-12-29
💬Community
4Bugzilla
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