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Vulnerability details: VCID-hj8v-tgnn-mfdw
Vulnerability ID VCID-hj8v-tgnn-mfdw
Aliases CVE-2016-9953
Summary The verify_certificate function in lib/vtls/schannel.c in libcurl 7.30.0 through 7.51.0, when built for Windows CE using the schannel TLS backend, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a wildcard certificate name, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.8
Risk 2.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-126 Buffer Over-read
System Score Found at
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
epss 0.01854 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
cvssv3.1 Medium https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-9953.html
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9953
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-9953.html
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.82946
EPSS Score 0.01854
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T17:48:56.027933+00:00 EPSS Importer Import https://epss.cyentia.com/epss_scores-current.csv.gz 38.0.0