CVE-2016-8620 MEDIUM

CVE-2016-8620

Vendor The Curl Project
Product curl
Weakness CWE-120
Published August 1, 2018
Last update April 15, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7.51.0 has a flaw that leads to integer overflow and out-of-bounds read via user controlled input.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2018 CVE published
April 15, 2026 Record updated