CVE-2017-8817
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Nov 29, 2017
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2026
- Reserved
- May 7, 2017
Description
The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
curl and libcurl before 7.57.0n/a |
|
References
- GLSA-201712-04vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3558vendor-advisory
- 102057vdb-entry
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1195-1] curl security updatemailing-list
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.html
- 1039897vdb-entry
- DSA-4051vendor-advisory
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