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Vulnerability details: VCID-vuqg-nmkm-3bfq
Vulnerability ID VCID-vuqg-nmkm-3bfq
Aliases CVE-2016-8620
Summary The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7.51.0 has a flaw that leads to integer overflow and out-of-bounds read via user controlled input.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8620.json
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.00741 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.01043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.01043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
epss 0.01043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
cvssv3.1 Medium https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8620.html
cvssv2 1.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8620
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8620
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8620.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8620
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8620
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102F.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8620.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/94102
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
1388382 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388382
ASA-201611-7 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-7
AVG-60 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
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-2016-8620 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8620
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:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8620.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:N/I:N/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-2016-8620
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-2016-8620
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 0.72013
EPSS Score 0.00741
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:28:06.018951+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.9/main.json 37.0.0