CVE-2017-1000100

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
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
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

When doing a TFTP transfer and curl/libcurl is given a URL that contains a very long file name (longer than about 515 bytes), the file name is truncated to fit within the buffer boundaries, but the buffer size is still wrongly updated to use the untruncated length. This too large value is then used in the sendto() call, making curl attempt to send more data than what is actually put into the buffer. The endto() function will then read beyond the end of the heap based buffer. A malicious HTTP(S) server could redirect a vulnerable libcurl-using client to a crafted TFTP URL (if the client hasn't restricted which protocols it allows redirects to) and trick it to send private memory contents to a remote server over UDP. Limit curl's redirect protocols with --proto-redir and libcurl's with CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS.

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (7)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100286
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039118
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20170809B.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

6.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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