CURL-CVE-2016-8617

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Source

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8617.html

Import Source

https://curl.se/docs/CURL-CVE-2016-8617.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CURL-CVE-2016-8617

Aliases

CVE-2016-8617

Published

2016-11-02T08:00:00Z

Modified

2024-06-07T13:53:51Z

Summary

OOB write via unchecked multiplication

Details

In libcurl's base64 encode function, the output buffer is allocated as follows without any checks on insize:

malloc( insize * 4 / 3 + 4 )

On systems with 32-bit addresses in userspace (e.g. x86, ARM, x32), the multiplication in the expression wraps around if insize is at least 1GB of data. If this happens, an undersized output buffer is allocated, but the full result is written, thus causing the memory behind the output buffer to be overwritten.

If a username is set directly via CURLOPT_USERNAME (or curl's -u, --user option), this vulnerability can be triggered. The name has to be at least 512MB big in a 32bit system.

Systems with 64 bit versions of the size_t type are not affected by this issue.

Database specific

{
    "CWE": {
        "id": "CWE-131",
        "desc": "Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size"
    },
    "package": "curl",
    "URL": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8617.json",
    "severity": "Medium",
    "www": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8617.html",
    "last_affected": "7.50.3"
}

References

Credits

- Cure53 - FINDER
- Daniel Stenberg - REMEDIATION_DEVELOPER

Affected packages

Git / github.com/curl/curl.git

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

7.8.1

Fixed

7.51.0

Type: GIT
Repo: https://github.com/curl/curl.git
Events: Introduced

00b00c693127d9e3a4eedce4c8cdf6e87087192d

Fixed

efd24d57426bd77c9b5860e6b297904703750412

Affected versions

7.*

7.10

7.10.1

7.10.2

7.10.3

7.10.4

7.10.5

7.10.6

7.10.7

7.10.8

7.11.0

7.11.1

7.11.2

7.12.0

7.12.1

7.12.2

7.12.3

7.13.0

7.13.1

7.13.2

7.14.0

7.14.1

7.15.0

7.15.1

7.15.2

7.15.3

7.15.4

7.15.5

7.16.0

7.16.1

7.16.2

7.16.3

7.16.4

7.17.0

7.17.1

7.18.0

7.18.1

7.18.2

7.19.0

7.19.1

7.19.2

7.19.3

7.19.4

7.19.5

7.19.6

7.19.7

7.20.0

7.20.1

7.21.0

7.21.1

7.21.2

7.21.3

7.21.4

7.21.5

7.21.6

7.21.7

7.22.0

7.23.0

7.23.1

7.24.0

7.25.0

7.26.0

7.27.0

7.28.0

7.28.1

7.29.0

7.30.0

7.31.0

7.32.0

7.33.0

7.34.0

7.35.0

7.36.0

7.37.0

7.37.1

7.38.0

7.39.0

7.40.0

7.41.0

7.42.0

7.42.1

7.43.0

7.44.0

7.45.0

7.46.0

7.47.0

7.47.1

7.48.0

7.49.0

7.49.1

7.50.0

7.50.1

7.50.2

7.50.3

7.8.1

7.9

7.9.1

7.9.2

7.9.3

7.9.4

7.9.5

7.9.6

7.9.7

7.9.8