CVE-2016-8617
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
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`.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 7.51.0-1 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7.51.0-1 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-10
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-9
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-5
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-8
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-4
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-7
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8617.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8617
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.