CVE-2012-0036

N/A Unknown
Published: April 13, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

curl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during extraction of a pathname from a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct data-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a CRLF injection attack on the (1) IMAP, (2) POP3, or (3) SMTP protocol.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/curl-url-sanitize.patch
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48256
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:058
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51665
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032924
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773457
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/75ca568fa1c19de4c5358fed246686de8467c238
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03760en_us
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://curl.haxx.se/curl-url-sanitize.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20120124.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48256
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-02.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2398
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:058
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51665
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032924
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773457
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/75ca568fa1c19de4c5358fed246686de8467c238
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03760en_us
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
16.7%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-89

Affected Vendors

curl

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