Out-of-bounds Read Affecting curl package, versions <7.38.0-4+deb8u11


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.51% (77th percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical
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Red Hat
5.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-CURL-358713
  • published 24 May 2018
  • disclosed 24 May 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 curl to version 7.38.0-4+deb8u11 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl version curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-126: Buffer Over-read vulnerability in denial of service that can result in curl can be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded RTSP content.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.20.0 and curl >= 7.60.0.