Use After Free Affecting curl package, versions <7.50.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CURL-358751
  • published10 Aug 2016
  • disclosed10 Aug 2016

Introduced: 10 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5421  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 curl to version 7.50.1-1 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.

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.

CVSS Scores

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