CVE-2016-8617
HIGH7.0EPSS 0.08%Published: 7/31/2018Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-8617DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8617
Description
The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via `CURLOPT_USERNAME`.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/curlfrom 0, < 7.51.0-r0
- Debian/curlfrom 0, < 7.51.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |