CVE-2016-8617 LOW

CVE-2016-8617

Vendor The Curl Project

Product curl

Weakness CWE-787

Published July 31, 2018

Last update April 16, 2026

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CVSS base score

3.3/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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`.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 31, 2018 CVE published

April 16, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8617 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html

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