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CVE-2016-5421 Detail

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in libcurl before 7.50.1 allows attackers to control which connection is used or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00011.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3638 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92306 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036536 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.563059 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3048-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160803C.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mitigation  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GLPXQQKURBQFM4XM6645VRPTOE2AWG33/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3GQH4V3XAQ5Z53AMQRDEC3C3UHTW7QR/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5421
NVD Published Date:
08/10/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.