CVE-2013-2174
MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctlDescription
Heap-based buffer overflow in the curl_easy_unescape function in lib/escape.c in cURL and libcurl 7.7 through 7.30.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string ending in a "%" (percent) character.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20130622.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0983.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2713
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60737
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1894-1
- https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/192c4f788d48f82c03e9cef40013f34370e90737
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