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Double Free Affecting curl package, versions <7.51.0-1

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.14% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-CURL-523587
  • published 27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 1 Aug 2018
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Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-8619 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-415 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 curl to version 7.51.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Debian:11. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The function read_data() in security.c in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to memory double free.