CVE-2017-8817

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: November 29, 2017 Modified: April 15, 2026
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Description

The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162
Source: security@debian.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102057
Source: security@debian.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039897
Source: security@debian.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.html
Source: security@debian.org
Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051
Source: security@debian.org
Third Party Advisory
http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=162
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102057
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039897
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

debian haxx