CVE-2016-7141

7.5 HIGH
Published: October 03, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection for which no certificate has been set, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5420.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00094.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2575.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92754
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036739
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373229
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160907.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/curl-7_50_2~32
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
8.4%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

Affected Vendors

haxx opensuse

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