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Red Hat: CVE-2016-7167: Moderate: curl security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2017:2016)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 7, 2016 | Aug 3, 2017 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 7, 2016
Added
Aug 3, 2017
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2) curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Solution(s)
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-curlredhat-upgrade-curl-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libcurlredhat-upgrade-libcurl-devel
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