CVE-2015-3144
curl: host name out of boundary memory access
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · April 22, 2015
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
It was discovered that libcurl did not properly process zero-length host names. If an attacker could trick an application using libcurl into processing zero-length host names, this could lead to an out-of-bounds read, and possibly cause that application to crash.
Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of curl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read