DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8617

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8617

    Published: 31 Jul 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8617

    Summary:

    Details: The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via `CURLOPT_USERNAME`.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8617

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/curl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.51.0-1

    Affected versions

    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