gsd-2016-8617
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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`.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2016-8617


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    "description": "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`.",
    "id": "GSD-2016-8617",
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      "https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3705",
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      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486",
      "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8617",
      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2016-8617.html",
      "https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2016-8617",
      "https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2016-8617.html",
      "https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-8617.html"
    ]
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      "exploitCode": "unknown",
      "remediation": "unknown",
      "reportConfidence": "confirmed",
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            "baseScore": 7.0,
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      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2021-06-29T15:15Z",
      "publishedDate": "2018-07-31T22:29Z"
    }
  }
}


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