Description
The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7.51.0 has a flaw that leads to integer overflow and out-of-bounds read via user controlled input.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94102
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102F.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8620
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0082
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-190
CWE-125
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (2)
haxx/curl
< 7.51.0
The Curl Project/curl
7.51.0
Published
Aug 01, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026