CVE-2016-8617
Public on 2016-11-10
Modified on 2016-11-10
Description
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`.
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | curl | 2016-11-10 | ALAS-2016-766 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |