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.
Published: 2018-04-23
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10398 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.
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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T21:03:18.894Z

Reserved: 2016-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9594

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:02.701Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-23T19:29:00.233

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:01:28.530

Link: CVE-2016-9594

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9594 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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