CVE-2016-8618 (GCVE-0-2016-8618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-31 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
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Summary
The libcurl API function called `curl_maprintf()` before version 7.51.0 can be tricked into doing a double-free due to an unsafe `size_t` multiplication, on systems using 32 bit `size_t` variables.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Curl Project curl Affected: 7.51.0
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Date Public
2016-11-02 00:00
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