Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2) curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
References (13)
Core 13
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZMRWVISG7VUCYRMF23A2UHMYD72VQWAK/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_slackware
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.538632
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B3IU2FRXQNU6UJIQT4NGLWWTP2GJQXO7/
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92975
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036813
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160914.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2016
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTH54DFOS4TSYPG5XKJDGAG4XPAR4T7M/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0226
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-190
Status
published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora
23
fedoraproject/fedora
24
fedoraproject/fedora
25
haxx/libcurl
< 7.50.2
Published
Oct 07, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026