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CVE-2016-9594
Published: Apr 23, 2018
Modified: Apr 15, 2026
PUBLISHED
CVSS v3.0
6.5
MEDIUM
Description
curl before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value. Having a weak or virtually non-existent random value makes the operations that use it vulnerable.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
unspecified | curl | affected curl 7.52.1 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
CVSS v3.0 Details
CVSS v3.0 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
References
95094
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161223.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04
x_refsource_CONFIRM
1037528
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
GLSA-201701-47
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9594
x_refsource_MISC
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