ALPINE-CVE-2016-8617

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CVE-2016-8617
Published: 31 Jul 2018, 22:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Jul 2018, 22:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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`.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•curl

    < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.49.1-r4 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.49.1-r4 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0-r0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0 | < 7.51.0-r0

References (1)