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Vulnerability details: VCID-kgqf-t8vs-wkbp
Vulnerability ID VCID-kgqf-t8vs-wkbp
Aliases CVE-2016-8619
Summary The function `read_data()` in security.c in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to memory double free.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-415 Double Free
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8619.json
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
epss 0.02664 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
cvssv3.1 High https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8619.html
cvssv2 6.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8619
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8619
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/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8619.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8619
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8619
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8619.patch
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102E.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8619.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
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94100
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
1388379 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388379
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
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-8619 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8619
USN-3123-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3123-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8619.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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8619
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
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8619
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
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.85205
EPSS Score 0.02664
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:31:25.798841+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.13/main.json 37.0.0