curl before version 7.52.0 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when doing a large floating point output in libcurl's implementation of the printf() functions. If there are any application that accepts a format string from the outside without necessary input filtering, it could allow remote attacks.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade curl | Apr 23, 2018 | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade curl | Mar 23, 2017 | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Apple Osx Curl | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest version | Mar 28, 2017 | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade curl | Mar 31, 2017 | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade curl | Dec 22, 2016 | Dec 22, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-misc/curl. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 19, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade libcurlUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl-devel | Jul 3, 2018 | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade libcurl-develUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl | Jul 3, 2018 | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/curl to version 7.45.0-0.175.3.18.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libcurl4-32bitUpgrade curlUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-x86Upgrade libcurl4-openssl1Upgrade sles12sp2-docker-imageUpgrade curl-openssl1Upgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade libcurl-develUpgrade libcurl4-openssl1-32bitUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade libcurl4-x86Upgrade libcurl4 | Apr 19, 2017 | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade curlUpgrade libcurl3-gnutlsUpgrade libcurl3-nssUpgrade libcurl3 | Oct 10, 2017 | Dec 21, 2016 |
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