CVE-2016-8620

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120 CWE-125 CWE-190

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
The Curl Project	curl	7.51.0

References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94102Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8620Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102F.htmlVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94102Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8620Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102F.htmlVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21Third Party Advisory

Timeline

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

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