CVE-2017-8818

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8818
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-29 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-20 20:56:00 UTC
Descriptioncurl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allow attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because too little memory is allocated for interfacing to an SSL library.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Haxx Curl 7.56.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl 7.56.1 All All All
Application Haxx Curl 7.56.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl 7.56.1 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl 7.56.0 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl 7.56.1 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl 7.56.0 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl 7.56.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
curl - SSL out of buffer access CONFIRM curl.haxx.se Patch, Vendor Advisory
libcurl SSL Memory Allocation Error Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CLD-163 Details CONFIRM security.cucumberlinux.com Third Party Advisory
cURL/libcURL CVE-2017-8818 Out of Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201712-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500121 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503776 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 710458 Gentoo Linux cURL Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201712-04)
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