Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8817
CVE-2017-8817
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.
Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102057nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039897nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2017-ae72.htmlnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4051nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00040.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04nvd
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