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ALPINE-CVE-2016-8617

ALPINE-CVE-2016-8617 PUBLISHED CVSS 7 HIGH

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`.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.17curl0, 7.19.2-r0, 7.19.2-r1
Alpine:v3.10curl0, 0, 7.50.3-r1
Alpine:v3.23curl7.48.0-r0, 0, 7.50.3-r1
Alpine:v3.13curl0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.15curl7.26.0-r0, 7.19.2-r0, 7.19.2-r1
Alpine:v3.22curl0, 7.19.2-r0, 7.19.2-r1
Alpine:v3.20curl0, 0, 7.50.3-r1
Alpine:v3.18curl7.21.7-r2, 0, 7.19.2-r0
Alpine:v3.7curl7.28.0-r0, 7.20.1-r0, 7.21.7-r2
Alpine:v3.8curl7.35.0-r0, 7.41.0-r0, 7.42.0-r0
Alpine:v3.3curl7.30.0-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.2curl7.19.6-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r1
Alpine:v3.16curl7.19.6-r0, 7.37.0-r0, 7.19.7-r0
Alpine:v3.9curl7.45.0-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r0
Alpine:v3.19curl7.30.0-r0, 7.33.0-r0, 7.34.0-r0
Alpine:v3.24curl0, 0
Alpine:v3.14curl7.46.0-r2, 7.39.0-r0, 7.21.4-r1
Alpine:v3.5curl7.35.0-r0, 7.34.0-r1, 7.34.0-r0
Alpine:v3.12curl7.49.1-r0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.6curl7.28.1-r0, 7.29.0-r0, 0

…and 3 more

Timeline

  • Jul 31, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated
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