CVE-2017-8817
Publication date 29 November 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| curl | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.5
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
9.8 · Critical
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-3498-2
- curl vulnerability
- 4 December 2017
- USN-3498-1
- curl vulnerabilities
- 29 November 2017