CVE-2016-5421

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 10, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-5421: High severity, CVSS 8.1 | Vulnix