CVE-2017-8816
moderate-risk
Published 2017-11-29
The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.
Do I need to act?
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0.47% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (4)
References (16)
Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=161
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101998
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039896
Mitigation
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-12e7.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051
Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=161
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101998
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039896
Mitigation
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-12e7.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051
44
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
10/34 · Low