vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-8617: Out-of-bounds Write
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 31, 2018 | Jul 31, 2018 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 31, 2018
Added
Jul 31, 2018
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
Description
The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via `CURLOPT_USERNAME`.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-curl
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