CVE-2016-8620
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.88%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-8620
To remediate CVE-2016-8620, 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-2016-8620 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, 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 |