CVE-2013-0249

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 08 Mar 2013, 22:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 14:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
49/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
44.2% HIGH
44% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Mar 2013, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 14:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message function in lib/curl_sasl.c in curl and libcurl 7.26.0 through 7.28.1, when negotiating SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the realm parameter in a (1) POP3, (2) SMTP or (3) IMAP message.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 44.20%• Percentile: 98%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.10

  • haxx•curl

    7.26.0 | 7.27.0 | 7.28.0 | 7.28.1

  • haxx•libcurl

    7.26.0 | 7.27.0 | 7.28.0 | 7.28.1

References (13)