CVE-2016-8617 — Out-of-bounds Write in Curl

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write12 documents9 sources
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Haxx CurlTHE Curl Project Curl
Timeline
PublishedJul 31
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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`.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDhaxx/curl< 7.51.0
▶Debianhaxx/curl< 7.51.0-1+3
▶CVEListV5the_curl_project/curl7.51.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: curl.haxx.se ↗Patch: curl.haxx.se ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hjj8-p7vc-2hh7: The base64 encode function in curl before version 7↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2016-8617: The base64 encode function in curl before version 7↗2018-07-31
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CVEList
CVE-2016-8617: The base64 encode function in curl before version 7↗2018-07-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2016-8617: macOS Sierra 10.12.2, Security Update 2016-003 El Capitan, and Security Update 2016-007 Yosemite↗2016-12-13
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Ubuntu
curl vulnerabilities↗2016-11-03
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Red Hat
curl: Out-of-bounds write via unchecked multiplication↗2016-11-02
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Debian
CVE-2016-8617: curl - The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer be...↗2016
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8615 CVE-2016-8616 CVE-2016-8617 CVE-2016-8618 CVE-2016-8619 CVE-2016-8620 CVE-2016-8621 CVE-2016-8622 CVE-2016-8623 CVE-2016-8624 CVE-2016-8625 mingw-curl: various flaws [epel-7]↗2016-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8615 CVE-2016-8616 CVE-2016-8617 CVE-2016-8618 CVE-2016-8619 CVE-2016-8620 CVE-2016-8621 CVE-2016-8622 CVE-2016-8623 CVE-2016-8624 CVE-2016-8625 mingw-curl: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8615 CVE-2016-8616 CVE-2016-8617 CVE-2016-8618 CVE-2016-8619 CVE-2016-8620 CVE-2016-8621 CVE-2016-8622 CVE-2016-8623 CVE-2016-8624 curl: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-11-02
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-8617 curl: Out-of-bounds write via unchecked multiplication↗2016-10-25
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