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CVE-2016-8620 (GCVE-0-2016-8620)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-01 06:00 – Updated: 2026-04-15 21:04
VLAI
Summary
The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7.51.0 has a flaw that leads to integer overflow and out-of-bounds read via user controlled input.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-15 21:04 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Curl Project curl Affected: 7.51.0
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Date Public
2016-11-02 00:00
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