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Vulnerability details: VCID-drkp-q9r5-ukcm
Vulnerability ID VCID-drkp-q9r5-ukcm
Aliases CVE-2017-8818
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cURL, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-8818.json
epss 0.00559 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00559 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00559 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00559 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00559 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00559 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00729 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00729 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00729 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
epss 0.00729 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
cvssv3.1 High https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2017-8818.html
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8818
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8818
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-521
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-522
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-523
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-527
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-528
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-529
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-8818.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8818
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-af0a.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2017-8818.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8818
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=163
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102014
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039898
1517691 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1517691
ASA-201711-36 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-36
ASA-201711-37 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-37
ASA-201711-38 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-38
AVG-521 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-521
AVG-522 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-522
AVG-523 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-523
AVG-527 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-527
AVG-528 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-528
AVG-529 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-529
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.56.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.56.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.56.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.56.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.56.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.56.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.56.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.56.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-8818 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8818
GLSA-201712-04 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-8818.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8818
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8818
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.68167
EPSS Score 0.00559
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:12:00.374909+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04 38.0.0