CVE-2022-27781
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.08%Published: 6/2/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
libcurl provides the `CURLOPT_CERTINFO` option to allow applications torequest details to be returned about a server's certificate chain.Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built withNSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve thatinformation.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/curlfrom 0, < 7.79.1-r2
- Debian/curlfrom 0, < 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |