CVE-2016-8620

curl: Glob parser write/read out of bounds

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 2, 2016

Updated · November 2, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input