01 Record
CVE-2024-6197
freeing stack buffer in utf8asn1str
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: curl
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
02 Description
freeing stack buffer in utf8asn1str
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 4.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- 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
- 2024-07-24 07:29Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-13 17:54Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-06-20
- Assigning CNA
- curl
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-590Free of Memory not on the HeapVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2027b78ff5649622100fc83eae73ff0c3ee1a66dcc0aa28dd7622bb7d1fd2620
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- curl.sejsonhttps://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-6197.json
- curl.sewwwhttps://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-6197.html
- hackerone.comissuehttps://hackerone.com/reports/2559516
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/24/1
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/24/5
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241129-0008/
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- curl Fixed in 8.9.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- curl Fixed in 8.9.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.