CVE-2016-9586 (GCVE-0-2016-9586)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-23 18:00 – Updated: 2026-04-15 21:03
VLAI
Summary
curl before version 7.52.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output in libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions. If there are any application that accepts a format string from the outside without necessary input filtering, it could allow remote attacks.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-15 21:03 UTC
CWE
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1054 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
redhat curl Affected: curl 7.52.0
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Date Public
2016-12-21 00:00
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