ALPINE-CVE-2016-9594

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CVE-2016-9594
Published: 23 Apr 2018, 19:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:35

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, 19:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

curl before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value. Having a weak or virtually non-existent random value makes the operations that use it vulnerable.

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 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1-r0 | < 7.52.1 | < 7.52.1 | < 7.52.1 | < 7.52.1-r0

References (1)