Is CVE-2016-9594 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-9594 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-9594?

CVE-2016-9594 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-9594?

CVE-2016-9594 has an EPSS score of 2.67% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9594?

Upgrade curl to 7.52.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-9594

MEDIUMEPSS 84th 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

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

2.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

curl.haxx.se

Third-Party Advisory5

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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.