CVE-2005-0490

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 21, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorCurlLibcurl

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in libcURL and cURL 7.12.1, and possibly other versions, allow remote malicious web servers to execute arbitrary code via base64 encoded replies that exceed the intended buffer lengths when decoded, which is not properly handled by (1) the Curl_input_ntlm function in http_ntlm.c during NTLM authentication or (2) the Curl_krb_kauth and krb4_auth functions in krb4.c during Kerberos authentication.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (12)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVABroken LinkPatch
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000940
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-20.xml
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=202&type=vulnerabilities
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=203&type=vulnerabilities
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEThird Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:048
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-340.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-131

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