CVE-2012-0036

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0036
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-13 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptioncurl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during extraction of a pathname from a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct data-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a CRLF injection attack on the (1) IMAP, (2) POP3, or (3) SMTP protocol.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-89 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Curl Curl 7.20.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.20.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.1 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.2 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.3 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.4 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.5 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.6 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.21.7 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.22.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.23.0 All All All
Application Curl Curl 7.23.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.20.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.20.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.1 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.2 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.3 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.4 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.5 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.6 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.21.7 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.22.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.23.0 All All All
Application Curl Libcurl 7.23.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cURL - Security Advisory (URL sanitization vulnerability) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 curl.haxx.se Vendor Advisory
Bug 773457 – CVE-2012-0036 curl: URL sanitization vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
HPSBMU02786 SSRT100877 rev.2 - HP System Management Homepage (SMH) Running on Linux, Windows, and VMware ESX, Remote Unauthorized Access, Disclosure of Information, Data Modification, Denial of Service (DoS), Execution of Arbitrary Code - c03360041 - HP Business Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA48256 - Gentoo update for curl - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2398-2 curl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
www.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
curl.haxx.se/curl-url-sanitize.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 curl.haxx.se Patch
About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
Oracle Hyperion Bugs Let Remote Users Partially Access and Modify Data and Partially Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1 OS X Lion v10.7.4 and Security Update 2012-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
URL sanitize: reject URLs containing bad data · curl/curl@75ca568 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
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