CVE-2016-5421
moderate-risk
Published 2016-08-10
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.
Do I need to act?
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1.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.1/10
High
NETWORK
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (9)
Affected Vendors
References (30)
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536
Third Party Advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slack...
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Mitigation
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306
and 10 more references
43
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
4/34 · Minimal
Exposure
15/34 · Moderate