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Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 31, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-8621

CVE-2016-8621

Description

The curl_getdate function in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to an out of bounds read if it receives an input with one digit short.

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Affected products

12

Curl/Curlllm-fuzzy
Range: <7.51.0
osv-coords10 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/curl&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3 pkg:rpm/suse/curl-openssl1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011-SECURITY
< 7.51.0-1.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.51.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-31.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.20.47.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.64.1
The Curl Project/curlv5
Range: 7.51.0

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References

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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8621.patchnvdPatchVendor Advisory
curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102G.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94101nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486nvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47nvdThird Party Advisory
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21nvdThird Party Advisory
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlnvd
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558nvd

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