CVE-2016-8617
LOW severity · CVSS 3.3 · Out-of-bounds write
3.3CVSS LOW
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`.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactLow
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617Patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patchPatch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.htmlPatch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558