CVE-2017-1000099
When asking to get a file from a file:// URL, libcurl provides a feature that outputs meta-data about the file using HTTP-like headers. The code doing this would send the wrong buffer to the user
02 Description
When asking to get a file from a file:// URL, libcurl provides a feature that outputs meta-data about the file using HTTP-like headers. The code doing this would send the wrong buffer to the user
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-10-04 01:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 21:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7693c4d75ab891f3b407e18d44d1626c4bb7302093ead12479e15a84431ffa71
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com100281http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100281
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201709-14https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-14
- curl.haxx.sehttps://curl.haxx.se/0809C.patch
- www.securitytracker.com1039119http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039119
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- curl Fixed in 7.55-1
- lib32-curl Fixed in 7.56.0-1
- lib32-libcurl-compat Fixed in 7.56.0-1
- lib32-libcurl-gnutls Fixed in 7.56.0-1
- libcurl-compat Fixed in 7.56.0-1
- libcurl-gnutls Fixed in 7.56.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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