Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in libcurl's printf() Implementation

CVE-2016-9586 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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