CVE-2005-4077: daniel_stenberg curl Numeric Errors

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-4077 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) Numeric Errors vulnerability in daniel_stenberg curl. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-12-2005
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple off-by-one errors in the cURL library (libcurl) 7.11.2 through 7.15.0 allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow and cause a denial of service or bypass PHP security restrictions via certain URLs that (1) are malformed in a way that prevents a terminating null byte from being added to either a hostname or path buffer, or (2) contain a "?" separator in the hostname portion, which causes a "/" to be prepended to the resulting string.

• CWE-189Numeric ErrorsWeaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.