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CVE-2016-8617

🗓️ 31 Jul 2018 22:29:00Reported by GoogleType 
osv
 osv🔗 osv.dev👁 31 Views

The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to buffer under allocation in 32-bit systems when receiving at least 1Gb input via CURLOPT_USERNAM

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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in cURL affect IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)
31 Jan 201902:25
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in cURL affect IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter Systems
14 Apr 202314:32
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in curl affect IBM Flex System Manager (FSM)
18 Jun 201801:36
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) Preboot is affected by vulnerabilities in curl
31 Jan 201902:25
–ibm
FreeBSD		cURL -- multiple vulnerabilities
2 Nov 201600:00
–freebsd
ALT Linux		Security fix for the ALT Linux 8 package curl version 7.51.0-alt1
2 Nov 201600:00
–altlinux
Tenable Nessus		cURL/libcurl 7.x < 7.51.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
9 Dec 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2016-766)
11 Nov 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-711-1 : curl security update
18 Nov 201600:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DSA-3705-1 : curl - security update
7 Nov 201600:00
–nessus
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16 Apr 2026 06:16Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS 37
EPSS0.00085
curlbuffer under allocation32-bit systemsinput sizecurlopt_usernamesoftware vulnerability
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