Double free vulnerability in Esi.cc in Squid 3.x before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Edge Side Includes (ESI) response.
CVE-2016-4556
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 54(Track)EG Risk 54/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 23%
- EPSS %ILE
- 98%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 10, 2016
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (32)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00069.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3625
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/06/3
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/06/5
- cve@mitrehttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035770
- cve@mitrehttp://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_9.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.4/changesets/SQUID-2016_9.patch
- cve@mitrehttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/SQUID-2016_9.patch
- cve@mitrehttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2995-1
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1138
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1139
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1140
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | squid3 (3.3.8-1ubuntu16.3) @ wily | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | squid-7:3.1.23-16.el6_8.4 | 2016-05-31 | redhat |
| redhat | squid34-7:3.4.14-9.el6_8.3 | 2016-05-31 | redhat |
| redhat | squid-7:3.3.8-26.el7_2.3 | 2016-05-31 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid3 | 3.1.20-2.2, 3.1.20-2.2+deb7u1, 3.1.20-2.2+deb7u2, 3.1.20-2.2+deb7u3, 3.1.20-2.2+deb7u4 | 3.1.20-2.2+deb7u5 | — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid3 | 3.4.8-6, 3.4.8-6+deb8u1, 3.4.8-6+deb8u2, 3.4.8-6+deb8u2~bpo70+1 | 3.4.8-6+deb8u3 | — |
All Vendor Advisories
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Data Freshness Timeline
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