CVE-2017-8818
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.8% (pctl 90)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allow attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because too little memory is allocated for interfacing to an SSL library.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.84% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-11-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| haxx | curl |
| haxx | libcurl |
References
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=163
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102014
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039898
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-af0a.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=163
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102014
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039898
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-af0a.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
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