macidn punycode buffer overread (curl curl)

CVE-2024-6874
LOW 3.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.79 % · percentile 56 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
curl
NVD status
Modified

Description

libcurl's URL API function [curl_url_get()](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/curl_url_get.html) offers punycode conversions, to and from IDN. Asking to convert a name that is exactly 256 bytes, libcurl ends up reading outside of a stack based buffer when built to use the *macidn* IDN backend. The conversion function then fills up the provided buffer exactly - but does not null terminate the string. This flaw can lead to stack contents accidently getting returned as part of the converted string.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1LOW 3.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
curl · curlaffected 8.8.0 ≤ 8.8.0

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD