ALPINE-CVE-2016-9586

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CVE-2016-9586
Published: 23 Apr 2018, 18:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:05

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Apr 2018, 18:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:05
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

curl before version 7.52.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output in libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions. If there are any application that accepts a format string from the outside without necessary input filtering, it could allow remote attacks.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•curl

    < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0

References (1)