CVE-2017-1000099

N/A
Published: October 4, 2017 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibcurl

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

When asking to get a file from a file:// URL, libcurl provides a feature that outputs meta-data about the file using HTTP-like headers. The code doing this would send the wrong buffer to the user (stdout or the application's provide callback), which could lead to other private data from the heap to get inadvertently displayed. The wrong buffer was an uninitialized memory area allocated on the heap and if it turned out to not contain any zero byte, it would continue and display the data following that buffer in memory.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100281
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039119
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/0809C.patch
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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