CVE-2016-8617

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 31 Jul 2018, 22:00
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 13:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Jul 2018, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 13:31
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•LOW•Score: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • haxx•curl

    < 7.51.0

  • the curl project•curl

    7.51.0

References (12)