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CVE-2017-8816
The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service…
Critical9.8EPSS 8.5%
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- debian
Description
The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
curl and libcurl before 7.57.0
- affected curl and libcurl before 7.57.0
References (8)
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=161 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201712-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3558 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-12e7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 101998 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1039896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-4051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1040608 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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