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TI-2005-03865 Aliases CVE-2005-4077GHSA-c4xg-24hh-cq78

Multiple off-by-one errors in the cURL library (libcurl) 7.11.2 through 7.15.0 allow…

Priority LOW 22CWE-189Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple off-by-one errors in the cURL library (libcurl) 7.11.2 through 7.15.0 allow local users to trigger a buffer overflow and cause a denial of service or bypass PHP security restrictions via certain URLs that (1) are malformed in a way that prevents a terminating null byte from being added to either a hostname or path buffer, or (2) contain a "?" separator in the hostname portion, which causes a "/" to be prepended to the resulting string.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00516 44th 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 · 11

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.11.2VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.12VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.12.1VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.12.2VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.12.3VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.13VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.13.1VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.13.2VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.14VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.14.1VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.11.2 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.12 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.12.1 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.12.2 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.12.3 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.13 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.13.1 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.13.2 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.14 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.14.1 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg
Show 1 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.15VulnerableDaniel Stenberg
  • cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.15 Vulnerable ·Daniel Stenberg

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:875 Released 2005-12-20 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    curl security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4, curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386, curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4, curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386, curl-devel-7.12.1-8.rhel4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4, curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386, curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4, curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.i386, curl-7.12.1-8.rhel4.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:875
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:875
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:875
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:875

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-4077
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c4xg-24hh-cq78

References

Patch 2

Advisory 15

Other 3

  • TI-2000-00963 Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-01029 Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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