CVE-2017-8817
curl - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 11.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-8817
To remediate CVE-2017-8817, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/curl—upgrade to 7.57.0-r0 or later
Is CVE-2017-8817 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 11.2%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 7.21.0, < 7.57.0-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |