CVE-2017-1000257
An IMAP FETCH response line indicates the size of the returned data, in number of bytes. When that response says the data is zero bytes, libcurl would pass on that (non-existing) data with a pointer and the size (zero) to the deliver-data function. libcurl's deliver-data function treats zero as a magic number and invokes strlen() on the data to figure out the length. The strlen() is called on a heap based buffer that might not be zero terminated so libcurl might read beyond the end of it into whatever memory lies after (or just crash) and then deliver that to the application as if it was actually downloaded.
Published:Oct 23, 2017
Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
EPS:Oct 31, 2017
EPSS Score:0.01001
CVSS Score:9.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Debian
Product
Debian Linux
Debian
Debian Linux
Vendor
Haxx
Product
Libcurl
Haxx
Libcurl
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Jboss Core Services
Redhat
Jboss Core Services
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Rhel Software Collections
Redhat
Rhel Software Collections
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
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Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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