The 'globbing' feature in curl before version 7.51.0 has a flaw that leads to integer overflow and out-of-bounds read via user controlled input.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94102
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8620
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102F.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-08-01
Updated: 2019-10-09
Type: CWE-125
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: CRITICAL