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Critical severity9.8OSV Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9953

CVE-2016-9953

Description

The verify_certificate function in lib/vtls/schannel.c in libcurl 7.30.0 through 7.51.0, when built for Windows CE using the schannel TLS backend, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a wildcard certificate name, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

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Affected products

2
  • Curl/CurlOSV
    Range: curl-7_30_0, curl-7_31_0, curl-7_32_0, …
  • Curl/Libcurlllm-create
    Range: 7.30.0 - 7.51.0

Patches

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