CVE-2016-1000107

Name: CVE-2016-1000107
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2019-12-10T18:15:09.14+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 6.1/10EPSS 1.43%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1000107 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.1/10 on the CVSS scale. inets in Erlang possibly 22.1 and earlier follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue.. EPSS estimates a 1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

inets in Erlang possibly 22.1 and earlier follows RFC 3875 section 4.1.18 and therefore does not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in the HTTP_PROXY environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to redirect an application's outbound HTTP traffic to an arbitrary proxy server via a crafted Proxy header in an HTTP request, aka an "httpoxy" issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

6.1/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Probability

1.43%

69.6th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-601

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Erlang	Erlang\/Otp	<= 22.1

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-198Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://httpoxy.org/Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000107Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.erlang.org/browse/ERL-198Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://httpoxy.org/Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000107Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 10, 2019
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2016-1000107?

How severe is CVE-2016-1000107?

CVE-2016-1000107 has a CVSS score of 6.1/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1000107?

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Source: NVD / NIST