7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2016-9953

Published: 12/03/2018 Updated: 15/12/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The verify_certificate function in lib/vtls/schannel.c in libcurl 7.30.0 up to and including 7.51.0, when built for Windows CE using the schannel TLS backend, allows remote malicious users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a wildcard certificate name, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Vulnerability Trend

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Github Repositories

Open Source Highlights dxdbg/udi: A project to implement a debugger interface completely in userland curl/curl schannel: add support for CURLOPT_CAINFO This feature is enabled in the Microsoft-built version of curl that ships with every recent version of Windows CVE-2016-9952: Win CE Schannel cert wildcard matches too much CVE-2016-9953: Win CE Schannel cert name out of bu