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CVE-2016-8618 (GCVE-0-2016-8618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-31 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27

Summary

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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-416

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102D.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94098	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
The Curl Project	curl	Affected: 7.51.0	guessed

Date Public

2016-11-02 00:00

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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-30T11:37:15+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-8618",
      "id": "CVE-2016-8618",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-11-02T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "337",
      "product_status:known_affected": "19",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "curl: Double-free in curl_maprintf",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-8618.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
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      "id": "CVE-2016-8618",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:57:00Z",
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      "product_status:known_not_affected": "21",
      "product_status:recommended": "451",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-8618",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-8618.json",
      "version": "37"
    }
  }
}

RHSA-2018_2486

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2018-08-16 16:06 - Updated: 2024-11-22 12:14

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.29 security update

Severity

Important

Scope

31 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

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.

5.3 (Medium)


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

Fixed: 1 product

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486

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RHSA-2018_3558

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2018-11-13 08:36 - Updated: 2024-11-15 00:37

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: httpd24 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

38 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

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.

5.3 (Medium)


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

Fixed: 421 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558

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SUSE-SU-2016:2699-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-11-02 11:08 - Updated: 2016-11-02 11:08

Summary

Security update for curl

Severity

Important

Scope

11 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

6.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 22 products

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SUSE-SU-2016:2700-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-11-02 11:07 - Updated: 2016-11-02 11:07

Summary

Security update for curl

Severity

Important

Scope

13 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

6.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 1 product

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SUSE-SU-2016:2714-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-11-03 10:58 - Updated: 2016-11-03 10:58

Summary

Security update for curl

Severity

Important

Scope

11 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

6.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 47 products

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SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2017-10-10 19:37 - Updated: 2017-10-10 19:37

Summary

Security update for SLES 12 Docker image

Severity

Important

Scope

140 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

6.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 3 products

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SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2017-10-10 19:37 - Updated: 2017-10-10 19:37

Summary

Security update for SLES 12-SP1 Docker image

Severity

Important

Scope

143 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

6.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 3 products

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ubuntu-cve-2016-8618

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-11-02 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

5.3 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8618	REPORT
	https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102D.html	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3123-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8618	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "curl",
            "binary_version": "7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10"
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            "binary_name": "libcurl3",
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        "7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1"
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WID-SEC-W-2023-1652

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2016-11-02 23:00 - Updated: 2023-12-13 23:00

Summary

cURL: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

11 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

In cURL existieren elf Schwachstellen. Ein anonymer, entfernter Angreifer kann diese Schwachstellen nutzen, um das System zum Absturz zu bringen, um Informationen aus den Cookies offenzulegen, um den Benutzer falsche Informationen darzustellen und sich als ein Benutzer auszugeben.

Known affected: 11 products Last affected: 1 product

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WID-SEC-W-2026-0180

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2026-01-20 23:00 - Updated: 2026-01-20 23:00

Summary

Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

378 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-8618.

CVE-2016-8618

Known affected: 1 product

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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

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CVE-2016-8618 (GCVE-0-2016-8618)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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