High severity · published Apr 23, 2018
CVE-2016-9594
curl before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value
8.1
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Curl · Haxx
before 7.52.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9594
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9594
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95094
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037528
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9594
Vendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161223.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04
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