CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in cURL up to 8.3.0 (Network Utility Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component SOCKS5 Proxy Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 10/11/2023. The advisory is shared at curl.se. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-38545. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
Upgrading to version 8.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at curl.se.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: cURL 8.4.0
Timeline
07/20/2023 CVE reserved10/11/2023 Advisory disclosed
10/11/2023 VulDB entry created
10/31/2023 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: FEDORA-2023-fef2b8da32Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-38545 (🔒)
Entry
Created: 10/11/2023 10:49Updated: 10/31/2023 06:54
Changes: 10/11/2023 10:49 (40), 10/31/2023 06:54 (3)
Complete: 🔍
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