Severity
4.3MEDIUM
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 24
Latest updateSep 22

Description

libcurl's URL API function [curl_url_get()](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_url_get.html) offers punycode conversions, to and from IDN. Asking to convert a name that is exactly 256 bytes, libcurl ends up reading outside of a stack based buffer when built to use the *macidn* IDN backend. The conversion function then fills up the provided buffer exactly - but does not null terminate the string. This flaw can lead to stack contents accidently getting returned as part of the converted string.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDhaxx/libcurl8.8.0
Alpinecurl< 8.9.0-r0+6
Debiancurl< 8.9.0-1+1
CVEListV5curl/curl8.8.08.8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
CVE-2024-6874: libcurl's URL API function [curl_url_get()](https://curl2024-07-24
GHSA
GHSA-chhh-4xrf-42pg: libcurl's URL API function [curl_url_get()](https://curl2024-07-24
CVEList
macidn punycode buffer overread2024-07-24
OSV
CVE-2024-6874: libcurl's URL API function [curl_url_get()](https://curl2024-07-24

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
curl: macidn punycode buffer overread2024-07-24
Microsoft
macidn punycode buffer overread2024-07-09
Debian
CVE-2024-6874: curl - libcurl's URL API function [curl_url_get()](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_url_g...2024

💬Community

2
HackerOne
curl: stack-buffer overread during punycode conversions2024-09-22
HackerOne
CVE-2024-6874: macidn punycode buffer overread2024-07-24