CVE-2016-8618
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.8%
Description
The libcurl API function called `curl_maprintf()` before version 7.51.0 can be tricked into doing a double-free due to an unsafe `size_t` multiplication, on systems using 32 bit `size_t` variables.
How to fix CVE-2016-8618
To remediate CVE-2016-8618, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/curl—upgrade to 7.51.0-r0 or later
- Debian/curl—upgrade to 7.51.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-8618 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.51.0-r0
- from 0, < 7.51.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |