Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2) curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published: 2016-10-07
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-625-1 curl security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1568-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8035 Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2) curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3123-1 curl vulnerabilities
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Fedoraproject Fedora
Haxx Libcurl
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Core Services Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.483Z

Reserved: 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7167

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-07T14:59:08.100

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-7167

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7167 - Bugzilla

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