Critical severity · published Nov 29, 2017
CVE-2017-8818
curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allow attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other…
9.8
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allow attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because too little memory is allocated for interfacing to an SSL library.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Curl · Haxx
7.56.0; 7.56.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libcurl · Haxx
7.56.0; 7.56.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8818
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8818
Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=163
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102014
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039898
Patch
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-af0a.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
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