CVE - CVE-2016-9586

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9586	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
curl before version 7.52.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output in libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions. If there are any application that accepts a format string from the outside without necessary input filtering, it could allow remote attacks.
References
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MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9586 CONFIRM:https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221A.html CONFIRM:https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_51_0-162-g3ab3c16 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html GENTOO:GLSA-201701-47 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 BID:95019 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95019 SECTRACK:1037515 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037515
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20161123	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161123)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
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