CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2016-7167

    CVE-2016-7167

    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.

    Published:Sep 14, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Oct 7, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.02428
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Haxx
    Product
    Libcurl
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Core Services
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-54231 (CVSS 5.5) — A content injection vulnerability was found in the ABRT post-create event handler scripts in libreport. The ev…
    CVE-2026-54230 (CVSS 7) — A symlink following vulnerability was found in the ABRT post-create event handler scripts in libreport. Event …
    CVE-2026-35094 (CVSS 3.3) — A flaw was found in libinput. An attacker capable of deploying a Lua plugin file in specific system directorie…
    CVE-2026-35093 (CVSS 8.8) — A flaw was found in libinput. A local attacker who can place a specially crafted Lua bytecode file in certain …
    CVE-2024-3056 (CVSS 7.7) — A flaw was found in Podman. This issue may allow an attacker to create a specially crafted container that, whe…
    CVE-2024-6293 (CVSS 8.8) — Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.126 allowed a remote attacker to potentially explo…
    CVE-2024-6292 (CVSS 8.8) — Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.126 allowed a remote attacker to potentially explo…
    CVE-2024-6291 (CVSS 8.8) — Use after free in Swiftshader in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.126 allowed a remote attacker to potentiall…
    CVE-2024-6290 (CVSS 8.8) — Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.126 allowed a remote attacker to potentially explo…
    CVE-2024-38277 (CVSS 5.4) — A unique key should be generated for a user's QR login key and their auto-login key, so the same key cannot be…

    References

    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
    https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813
    http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
    https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High