Out-of-bounds Read in Haxx Curl

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 '[' charac…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (73.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8817?
CVE-2017-8817 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Haxx Curl, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-8817?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8817 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.