CVE-2016-9586 MEDIUM

CVE-2016-9586

Vendor Redhat
Product curl
Weakness CWE-122
Published April 23, 2018
Last update April 15, 2026

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 23, 2018 CVE published
April 15, 2026 Record updated