### [CVE-2016-8618](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8618)
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### Description

The libcurl API function called `curl_maprintf()` before version 7.51.0 can be tricked into doing a double-free due to an unsafe `size_t` multiplication, on systems using 32 bit `size_t` variables.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/fokypoky/places-list