CVE-2016-9586

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

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-122CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
redhatcurlcurl 7.52.0

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 23, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-9586: High severity, CVSS 8.1 | Vulnix