CVE-2016-5421
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
How to fix CVE-2016-5421
To remediate CVE-2016-5421, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/curl—upgrade to 7.50.1-r0 or later
- Debian/curl—upgrade to 7.50.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-5421 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.50.1-r0
- from 0, < 7.50.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |