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CVE-2017-8816

curl: NTLM buffer overflow via integer overflow

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · November 29, 2017

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound