CVE-2016-10615

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

curses is bindings for the native curses library, a full featured console IO library. curses downloads binary resources over HTTP, which leaves it vulnerable to MITM attacks. It may be possible to cause remote code execution (RCE) by swapping out the requested binary with an attacker controlled binary if the attacker is on the network or positioned in between the user and the remote server.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-311CWE-310

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 1, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-10615: High severity, CVSS 8.1 | Vulnix