CVE-2015-3237

curl: SMB send off unrelated memory contents

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 17, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The smb_request_state function in cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 allows remote SMB servers to obtain sensitive information from memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted length and offset values.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of curl as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7, as they did not include support for SMB/CIFS.

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 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWE-201 · Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data