CURL-CVE-2022-35260

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    CURL-CVE-2022-35260

    Published: 26 Oct 2022Last Modified: 25 Oct 2026

    Summary: .netrc parser out-of-bounds access

    Details: curl can be told to parse a `.netrc` file for credentials. If that file ends in a line with consecutive non-white space letters and no newline, curl could read past the end of the stack-based buffer, and if the read works, write a zero byte possibly beyond its boundary. This does in most cases cause a segfault or similar, but circumstances might also cause different outcomes. If a malicious user can provide a custom netrc file to an application or otherwise affect its contents, this flaw could be used as denial-of-service.

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    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 7.84.0
    Fixed -7.86.0

    Affected versions

    7.85.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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