CVE-2017-8817: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-8817 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 11.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 11% (FIRST, 04-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 3Timeline
- 29-11-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
11.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 11.18% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian2 products
- curl< 7.57.0-1 | < 7.26.0-1+wheezy23
- debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Alpine1 product
- curl≥ 7.21.0, < 7.57.0-r0
Ubuntu1 product
- curl< 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13 | < 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5
4 vendors · 6 products
