When was CVE-2016-8620 disclosed?

CVE-2016-8620 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 1, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2016-8620 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-8620 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 74.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-8620?

CVE-2016-8620 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2016-8620?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-8620, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2016-8620

MEDIUMNVD 6.5

6.5

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.

CVSS v3: 6.5
EG Score: —
EPSS: 74.5%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94102
secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8620
secalert@redhathttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102F.html
secalert@redhathttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
secalert@redhathttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94102
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8620
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102F.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

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