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.
Published: 2018-08-01
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3705-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9465 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3123-1 curl vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Haxx Curl
Redhat Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T21:04:22.525Z

Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8620

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:40.910Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-01T06:29:00.397

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:59:41.653

Link: CVE-2016-8620

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8620 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses