Heap-based Buffer Overflow in libcurl's String Manipulation Functions

CVE-2016-7167 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) curl_escape, (2) curl_easy_escape, (3) curl_unescape, and (4) curl_easy_unescape functions in libcurl before 7.50.3 allow attackers to have unspecified impact via a string of length 0xffffffff, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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