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CVE-2016-9594 (GCVE-0-2016-9594)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-23 19:00 – Updated: 2026-04-15 21:03
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-15 21:03 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
unspecified curl Affected: curl 7.52.1
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Date Public
2016-12-23 00:00
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