Description
The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.
Published: 2017-11-29
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4051-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17759 The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3498-1 curl vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Debian Debian Linux
Haxx Curl Libcurl
Redhat Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T21:01:32.128Z

Reserved: 2017-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8816

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:21.978Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-11-29T18:29:00.300

Modified: 2026-04-15T21:16:58.710

Link: CVE-2017-8816

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8816 - Bugzilla

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