VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-6874

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.79%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-07-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

libcurl's URL API function [curl_url_get()](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_url_get.html) offers punycode conversions, to and from IDN. Asking to convert a name that is exactly 256 bytes, libcurl ends up reading outside of a stack based buffer when built to use the *macidn* IDN backend. The conversion function then fills up the provided buffer exactly - but does not null terminate the string. This flaw can lead to stack contents accidently getting returned as part of the converted string.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-125

Primary references