{
    "id": "CVE-2016-7167",
    "published": "2016-10-07 14:59:08",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:52:43",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-190",
    "description": "Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2) curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.",
    "epss_score": "0.11737",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95957",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 11.7% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "haxx",
            "product": "libcurl"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813",
        "http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558",
        "https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813",
        "http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558",
        "https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/"
    ]
}