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CVE-2022-35260

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CVE-2022-35260

Published: Dec 5, 2022

Modified: Nov 19, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

curl can be told to parse a `.netrc` file for credentials. If that file endsin a line with 4095 consecutive non-white space letters and no newline, curlwould first read past the end of the stack-based buffer, and if the readworks, write a zero byte beyond its boundary.This will in most cases cause a segfault or similar, but circumstances might also cause different outcomes.If a malicious user can provide a custom netrc file to an application or otherwise affect its contents, this flaw could be used as denial-of-service.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

https://github.com/curl/curl

affected
Fixed in 7.86.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

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