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GHSA-9xx8-h3pj-h4h9

GHSA-9xx8-h3pj-h4h9 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.100000381469727 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

curl before version 7.52.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output in libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions. If there are any application that accepts a format string from the outside without necessary input filtering, it could allow remote attacks.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0
8.100000381469727
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

  • May 13, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
  • Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-9xx8-h3pj-h4h9
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-9xx8-h3pj-h4h9

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-9xx8-h3pj-h4h9/fixes/registry"

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