Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Apr 23, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-9586
CVE-2016-9586
Description
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.
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Affected products
17- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/curl&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3pkg:rpm/suse/curl-openssl1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011-SECURITY
< 7.79.1-1.1+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.79.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.69.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.69.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.69.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-36.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.20.52.2
- (no CPE)range: < 7.19.7-1.69.1
- redhat/curlv5Range: curl 7.52.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_51_0-162-g3ab3c16nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95019nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037515nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221A.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlnvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558nvd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.htmlnvd
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