CVE-2017-8817
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Description
The CVE Program describes this issue as:
The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.
Additional information
- Bugzilla 1515760: curl: FTP wildcard out of bounds read
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
- FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2017-8817
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
Red Hat | NVD | |
---|---|---|
CVSS v3 Base Score | 3.1 | 9.8 |
Attack Vector | Network | Network |
Attack Complexity | High | Low |
Privileges Required | None | None |
User Interaction | Required | None |
Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Confidentiality Impact | Low | High |
Integrity Impact | None | High |
Availability Impact | None | High |
CVSS v3 Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Curl project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges the OSS-Fuzz project as the original reporter.
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