CVE-2017-8816
curl - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.45%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-8816
To remediate CVE-2017-8816, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 7.57.0-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 7.57.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 7.38.0-4+deb8u8 or later
Is CVE-2017-8816 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 7.57.0-r0
- from 0, < 7.57.0-1
- from 0, < 7.38.0-4+deb8u8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |