CVE-2016-8617

low-risk

Published 2018-07-31

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`.

Do I need to act?

0.06% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 3.3/10 Low

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Curl

Affected Vendors

Haxx

References (24)

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

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617

Patch https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch

Patch https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e3...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8...

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47

Third Party Advisory https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21

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

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617

Patch https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch

Patch https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html

and 4 more references

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low-risk

Severity 13/34 · Low

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal