ALPINE-CVE-2017-8816

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CVE-2017-8816
Published: 29 Nov 2017, 18:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Nov 2017, 18:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•curl

    < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0 | < 7.57.0-r0

References (1)