vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-42880202-c81c-11e6-a9a5-b499baebfeaf (CVE-2016-9586): cURL -- buffer overflow
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 22, 2016 | Dec 22, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 22, 2016
Added
Dec 22, 2016
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
The cURL project reports: printf floating point buffer overflow libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions triggers a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output. The bug occurs when the conversion outputs more than 255 bytes.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-curl
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