CVE-2013-2174
curl - heap overflow
EPSS 3.2%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the curl_easy_unescape function in lib/escape.c in cURL and libcurl 7.7 through 7.30.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string ending in a "%" (percent) character.
How to fix CVE-2013-2174
To remediate CVE-2013-2174, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/curl—upgrade to 7.31.0-1 or later
- Debian/curl—upgrade to 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze4 or later
Is CVE-2013-2174 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.31.0-1
- from 0, < 7.21.0-2.1+squeeze4