When was CVE-2016-8623 disclosed?

CVE-2016-8623 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-2016-8623 actively exploited?

CVE-2016-8623 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 78.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-8623?

CVE-2016-8623 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2016-8623?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-8623, 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-2016-8623

LOWNVD 3.3

3.3

A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51.0. The way curl handles cookies permits other threads to trigger a use-after-free leading to information disclosure.

CVSS v3: 3.3
EG Score: —
EPSS: 78.9%
KEV: Not listed

References (24)

secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94106
secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8623
secalert@redhathttps://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8623.patch
secalert@redhathttps://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102I.html
secalert@redhathttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhathttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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/94106
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192

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