Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-7167
CVE-2016-7167
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2) curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
13- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
- curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975nvdBroken Link
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlnvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47nvd
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