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FKIE_CVE-2016-8621

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-07-31 22:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:54
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
The `curl_getdate` function in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to an out of bounds read if it receives an input with one digit short.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94101Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8621Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8621.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102G.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94101Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8621Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8621.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102G.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:54:37.387",
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