What is CVE-2016-8621?

CVE-2016-8621 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-07-31.

How severe is CVE-2016-8621?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2016-8621

The `curl_getdate` function in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to an out of bounds read if it receives an input with one digit short.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.049 (91.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

What is CVE-2016-8621?: CVE-2016-8621 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2016-8621?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-8621 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.