CVE-2016-9594

Q: How do I fix CVE-2016-9594?

Upgrade curl to 7.52.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2016-9594 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-9594 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2016-9594?

CVE-2016-9594 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2016-9594 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for curl (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUMEPSS 82th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-665

How to fix

Remediation Available

curlNVD

Affected:< 7.52.1Fixed in:7.52.1CVE-2016-9594derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

2.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

curl.haxx.se

Third-Party Advisory5

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2022-0847	High	7.8	89%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-22719	High	7.5	70%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-28019	High	7.5	62%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-46164	Critical	9.4	49%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-37128	Critical	9.8	21%	-	-
CVE-2019-14271	Critical	9.8	19%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2016-9594?

Upgrade curl to 7.52.1 or later.

Is CVE-2016-9594 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2016-9594 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2016-9594?

CVE-2016-9594 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2016-9594 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for curl (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.