CVE-2017-1000099

MEDIUM

libcurl - Exposure of Sensitive Information via File URL Meta-Data Feature

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When asking to get a file from a file:// URL, libcurl provides a feature that outputs meta-data about the file using HTTP-like headers. The code doing this would send the wrong buffer to the user (stdout or the application's provide callback), which could lead to other private data from the heap to get inadvertently displayed. The wrong buffer was an uninitialized memory area allocated on the heap and if it turned out to not contain any zero byte, it would continue and display the data following that buffer in memory.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100281
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://curl.haxx.se/0809C.patch
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039119

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0063
EPSS Percentile 70.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
haxx/libcurl 7.54.1
Published Oct 05, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026