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Vulnerability details: VCID-bep2-u3nm-aaah
Vulnerability ID VCID-bep2-u3nm-aaah
Aliases CVE-2016-8617
Summary 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`.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8617.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
generic_textual CRITICAL https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8617.json
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8622
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generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8624
cvssv2 3.7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
cvssv2 4.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8617
cvssv3 7.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8617
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-61
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-62
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-63
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-65
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-66
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3123-1
cvssv3.1 5.9 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-8617.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8617.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8617
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8617
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8617.patch
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102C.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8617.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8615
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8616
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8617
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8618
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8619
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8620
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8621
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8622
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8623
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8624
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3123-1
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94097
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
1388377 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388377
ASA-201611-10 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-10
ASA-201611-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-4
ASA-201611-5 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-5
ASA-201611-7 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-7
ASA-201611-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-8
ASA-201611-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-9
AVG-60 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
AVG-61 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-61
AVG-62 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-62
AVG-63 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-63
AVG-65 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-65
AVG-66 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-66
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-8617 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8617
RHSA-2018:2486 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
USN-3123-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3123-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8617.json
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Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8617
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8617
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.27863
EPSS Score 0.00062
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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