CVE-2017-8818
curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allow attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because too little memory is allocated for interfacing to an SSL…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allow attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because too little memory is allocated for interfacing to an SSL library.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.41% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- haxx/curl · haxx/libcurl
- Source
- security@debian.org
EPSS 3.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=163Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102014Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039898Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-af0a.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04Third Party Advisory
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=163Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102014Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039898Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-af0a.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.