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CVE-2016-5421

Published: 3 August 2016

Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

Notes

AuthorNote
sbeattie
Affected versions: libcurl 7.32.0 to and including 7.50.0

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
curl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(pre 7.32.0)
trusty
Released (7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8)
upstream
Released (7.50.1-1)
xenial
Released (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(7.50.1-1ubuntu1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(7.50.1-1ubuntu1)
Patches:
upstream: https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-5421.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H