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ALPINE-CVE-2017-1000101
ALPINE-CVE-2017-1000101
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
curl supports "globbing" of URLs, in which a user can pass a numerical range to have the tool iterate over those numbers to do a sequence of transfers. In the globbing function that parses the numerical range, there was an omission that made curl read a byte beyond the end of the URL if given a carefully crafted, or just wrongly written, URL. The URL is stored in a heap based buffer, so it could then be made to wrongly read something else instead of crashing. An example of a URL that triggers the flaw would be `http://ur%20[0-60000000000000000000`.
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.17 | curl | 7.54.1-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.8 | curl | 7.53.1-r1, 7.53.1-r0, 7.53.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.5 | curl | 7.25.0-r0, 7.52.1-r3, 7.52.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | curl | 7.39.0-r0, 7.54.1-r0, 7.54.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | curl | 7.20.1-r0, 7.54.0-r0, 7.34.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | curl | 7.50.3-r1, 0, 7.19.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.18 | curl | 7.50.0-r0, 7.21.1-r0, 7.21.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | curl | 7.53.1-r1, 7.21.1-r0, 7.21.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.3 | curl | 7.52.1-r1, 7.52.1-r0, 7.49.1-r4 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | curl | 7.53.0-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | curl | 7.49.0-r0, 7.54.1-r0, 7.54.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | curl | 7.22.0-r0, 7.54.1-r0, 7.54.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | curl | 7.42.0-r0, 7.42.1-r1, 7.43.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | curl | 7.51.0-r0, 7.53.1-r0, 7.53.0-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.6 | curl | 7.54.0-r0, 7.53.1-r3, 7.53.1-r2 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | curl | 7.37.0-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | curl | 7.39.0-r0, 7.53.1-r2, 7.53.1-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.4 | curl | 0, 7.19.2-r0, 7.19.4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.7 | curl | 7.21.4-r0, 0, 7.19.2-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | curl | 7.28.0-r0, 0, 7.54.1-r0 |
…and 1 more
Timeline
- Oct 5, 2017 CVE Published
- Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch