CVE-2016-8618 Information

Description

The libcurl API function called curl_maprintf() before version 7.51.0 can be tricked into doing a double-free due to an unsafe size_t multiplication on systems using 32 bit size_t variables.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94098 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8618 https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102D.html https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102D.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 The libcurl API function called curl_maprintf() before version 7.51.0 can be tricked into doing a double-free due to an unsafe size_t multiplication on systems using 32 bit size_t variables. cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl::::::::

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8