cve/2016/CVE-2016-8621.md

### [CVE-2016-8621](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8621)
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### Description

The `curl_getdate` function in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to an out of bounds read if it receives an input with one digit short.

### POC

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

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