CVE-2016-9594

MEDIUM

curl < 7.52.1 - Improper Initialization in Random Value Generation

Title source: llm

Description

curl before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value. Having a weak or virtually non-existent random value makes the operations that use it vulnerable.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95094

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161223.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037528

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9594

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0069

EPSS Percentile 72.1%

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-665

Status published

Products (2)

haxx/curl < 7.52.1

unspecified/curl curl 7.52.1

Published Apr 23, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026