CVE-2016-8617
LOW
3.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 31, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCurl
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Severity
LOW3.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit
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`.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patchx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
3.3LOWredhat
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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