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CVE-2013-2174

Published: 24 June 2013

Heap-based buffer overflow in the curl_easy_unescape function in lib/escape.c in cURL and libcurl 7.7 through 7.30.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string ending in a "%" (percent) character.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
curl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid
Released (7.19.7-1ubuntu1.3)
precise
Released (7.22.0-3ubuntu4.2)
quantal
Released (7.27.0-1ubuntu1.3)
raring
Released (7.29.0-1ubuntu3.1)
upstream
Released (7.31.0-1)
Patches:
upstream: http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl-unescape.patch
upstream: https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/192c4f788d48f82c03e9cef40013f34370e90737
upstream: https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/0de7249bb39a2738a277c438b2bb1252ab8243cd
upstream: https://github.com/bagder/curl/commit/6fab0bd9f163430254259f6b7d5c75b5452257d3