CVE-2016-8621

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.048 · 92 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.82% (92nd) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
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5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

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7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9
v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4
v3.06.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (4)

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advisories (3)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2023-1652cURL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2016-11-02csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in cURL ausnutzen, um das System zum Absturz zu bringen, um Informationen aus den Cookies offenzulegen, um dem Benutzer falsche Informationen darzustellen und sich als ein Benutzer auszugeben.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-0180Dell Data Protection Advisor: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-01-20csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell Data Protection Advisor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe zu starten.

  • CURL-CVE-2016-8621curl_getdate read out of bounds2016-11-02vendor · osvUS

    The `curl_getdate` converts a given date string into a numerical timestamp and it supports a range of different formats and possibilities to express a date and time. The underlying date parsing function is also used internally when parsing for example HTTP cookies (possibly received from remote servers) and it can be used when doing conditional HTTP requests. The date parser function uses the libc `sscanf()` function at two places, with the parsing strings `%02d:%02d` and `%02d:%02d:%02d`. The intent being that it would parse either a string with HH:MM (two digits colon two digits) or `HH:MM:SS` (two digits colon two digits colon two digits). If instead the piece of time that was sent in had the final digit cut off, thus ending with a single-digit, the date parser code would advance its read pointer one byte too much and end up reading out of bounds.

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published 2018-07-31modified 2026-06-17
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