Double Free Affecting curl package, versions <7.51.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.3% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CURL-358667
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed1 Aug 2018

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-8619  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 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. See How to fix? for Debian:9 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.