VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-8817
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 11.2%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 11.18% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- haxx/curl · haxx/libcurl · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102057Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039897Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00040.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051Third Party Advisory
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102057Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039897Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00040.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.