CVE-2016-9953

Publication date 12 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The verify_certificate function in lib/vtls/schannel.c in libcurl 7.30.0 through 7.51.0, when built for Windows CE using the schannel TLS backend, allows remote attackers 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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
curl	17.10 artful	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

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Advisory says "This vulnerability only happens on ...Windows CE..."

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
curl	Upstream: https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-9952.patch

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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