ALPINE-CVE-2016-8618

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CVE-2016-8618
Published: 31 Jul 2018, 21:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Jul 2018, 21:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The libcurl API function called `curl_maprintf()` before version 7.51.0 can be tricked into doing a double-free due to an unsafe `size_t` multiplication, on systems using 32 bit `size_t` variables.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•curl

    < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.49.1-r4 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.49.1-r4 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0-r0

References (1)