VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8617

CVSS score3.3 LOW
EPSS probability0.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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`.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references