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Medium
CVE-2016-8615
A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If...
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in curl before version 7.51. If cookie state is written into a cookie jar file that is later read back and used for subsequent requests, a malicious HTTP server can inject new cookies for arbitrary domains into said cookie jar.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94096
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8615
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8615.patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102A.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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Affected Vendor
The Curl Project
View all reports →Affected Software
curl
Vulnerable Versions:
7.51.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 1st, 2018
Last Modified:
April 16th, 2026
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.