Out-of-bounds Read

Affecting curl package, versions <7.52.1-5+deb9u3

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Overview

The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.

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CVSS Score

9.8
high severity
  • Attack Vector
    Network
  • Attack Complexity
    Low
  • Privileges Required
    None
  • User Interaction
    None
  • Scope
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality
    High
  • Integrity
    High
  • Availability
    High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE
CVE-2017-8817
CWE
CWE-125
Snyk ID
SNYK-DEBIAN9-CURL-358869
Disclosed
29 Nov, 2017
Published
29 Nov, 2017