libcurl contains a buffer overrun in the NTLM authentication code.
The internal function Curl_ntlm_core_mk_nt_hash
multiplies the length
of
the password by two (SUM) to figure out how large temporary storage area to
allocate from the heap.
The length
value is then subsequently used to iterate over the password and
generate output into the allocated storage buffer. On systems with a 32 bit
size_t
, the math to calculate SUM triggers an integer overflow when the
password length exceeds 2GB (2^31 bytes). This integer overflow usually causes
a very small buffer to actually get allocated instead of the intended very
huge one, making the use of that buffer end up in a heap buffer overflow.
(This bug is almost identical to CVE-2017-8816.)