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TI-2005-00447 Aliases CVE-2005-0490GHSA-7mv6-r5f6-w598

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in libcURL and cURL 7.12.1, and possibly other…

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-131Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-131 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in libcURL and cURL 7.12.1, and possibly other versions, allow remote malicious web servers to execute arbitrary code via base64 encoded replies that exceed the intended buffer lengths when decoded, which is not properly handled by (1) the Curl_input_ntlm function in http_ntlm.c during NTLM authentication or (2) the Curl_krb_kauth and krb4_auth functions in krb4.c during Kerberos authentication.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05732 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.12.1VulnerableHaxx
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.12.1VulnerableHaxx
  • cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.12.1 Vulnerable ·Haxx
  • cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.12.1 Vulnerable ·Haxx

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:340 Released 2005-04-05 · Red Hat rating Low
    curl security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3, curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.i386, curl-devel-7.10.6-6.rhel3 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3, curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.i386, curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4, curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4.i386, curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4, curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4.i386, curl-devel-7.12.1-5.rhel4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3, curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.i386, curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4, curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4.i386, curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3, curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.i386, curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4, curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4.i386, curl-7.12.1-5.rhel4.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:340
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:340

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-0490
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7mv6-r5f6-w598

References

Patch 2

Advisory 6

Other 1

  • TI-2026-16162 Negotiate ambient user conn reuse CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-10231 cross-origin Digest auth state leak CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-09063 HTTP/2 stream-dependency tree UAF CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-07976 stale proxy password leak CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-07845 SASL double-free CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-12257 Injection in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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