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Vulnerability details: VCID-6muy-xpdq-9kg8
Vulnerability ID VCID-6muy-xpdq-9kg8
Aliases CVE-2016-8616
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8616.json
epss 0.0413 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
epss 0.0413 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
epss 0.0413 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
epss 0.0413 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
epss 0.0413 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
epss 0.0413 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
epss 0.0413 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
epss 0.0413 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
cvssv3.1 Medium https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8616.html
cvssv2 1.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-61
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-62
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-63
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-65
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-66
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8616.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8616
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8616.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8615
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8616
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8617
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8618
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8619
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8620
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8621
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8622
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8623
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8624
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1388371 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388371
ASA-201611-10 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-10
ASA-201611-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-4
ASA-201611-5 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-5
ASA-201611-7 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-7
ASA-201611-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-8
ASA-201611-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-9
AVG-60 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
AVG-61 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-61
AVG-62 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-62
AVG-63 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-63
AVG-65 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-65
AVG-66 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-66
GLSA-201701-47 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
USN-3123-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3123-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8616.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.88589
EPSS Score 0.0413
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:00:44.632576+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 38.0.0