3.3low
CVE-2016-8617
The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at leas…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
3.3
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 48%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via `CURLOPT_USERNAME`.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 6 mo ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.59% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 3.0 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- The Curl Project curl
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- curl.haxx.se /docs/adv_20161102C.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3558 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- curl.haxx.se /CVE-2016-8617.patch · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/94097 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- tenable.com /security/tns-2016-21 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1037192 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:2486 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-47 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkee · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkee · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8617
- NVD: CVE-2016-8617
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