CVE-2016-8619

MEDIUM

curl <7.51.0 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

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

References (10)

[Patch] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94100

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8619

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8619.patch

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102E.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0218

EPSS Percentile 84.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-415 CWE-416

Status published

Affected Products (1)

haxx/curl < 7.51.0

Timeline

Published Aug 01, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026