CVE-2016-8623

low-risk
Published 2018-08-01

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.

Do I need to act?

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0.84% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low 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
3
CVSS 3.3/10 Low
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Haxx

References (24)

Patch http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94106
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8623
Patch https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patch
Patch https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e3...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Third Party Advisory https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
Patch http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94106
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8623
Patch https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patch
Patch https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html
and 4 more references
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low-risk
Severity 13/34 · Low
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal