CVE-2016-8617

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 v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.4 MEDIUM

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47	Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-07-31 22:29

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:36

NVD link : CVE-2016-8617

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8617

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8617

JSON object : View

Products Affected

haxx

curl

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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