DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8617

DEBIAN-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 v3.0

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	curl	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	curl	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	curl	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	curl	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Jul 31, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8617 advisory

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