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CVE-2025-5399 (GCVE-0-2025-5399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-07 07:49 – Updated: 2025-06-09 13:20
VLAI
Title
WebSocket endless loop
Summary
Due to a mistake in libcurl's WebSocket code, a malicious server can send a particularly crafted packet which makes libcurl get trapped in an endless busy-loop. There is no other way for the application to escape or exit this loop other than killing the thread/process. This might be used to DoS libcurl-using application.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-09 13:20 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
curl curl Affected: 8.14.0 , ≤ 8.14.0 (semver)
Affected: 8.13.0 , ≤ 8.13.0 (semver)
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Credits
z2_ on hackerone z2_ on hackerone
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