CVE-2016-9586
curl - security update
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-9586
To remediate CVE-2016-9586, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 7.52.1-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 7.52.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 7.26.0-1+wheezy18 or later
Is CVE-2016-9586 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 7.52.1-r0
- from 0, < 7.52.1-1
- from 0, < 7.26.0-1+wheezy18
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |