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TI-2012-00035 Aliases CVE-2012-0036GHSA-xxw5-p895-cp2c

curl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during…

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

curl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during extraction of a pathname from a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct data-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a CRLF injection attack on the (1) IMAP, (2) POP3, or (3) SMTP protocol.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.16117 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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 · 26

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.20.0Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.20.1Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.0Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.1Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.2Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.3Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.4Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.5Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.6Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.7Vulnerablecurl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.20.0 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.20.1 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.0 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.1 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.2 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.3 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.4 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.5 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.6 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.7 Vulnerable ·curl
Show 16 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.22.0Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.23.0Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.23.1Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.20.0Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.20.1Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.0Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.1Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.2Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.3Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.4Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.5Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.6Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.21.7Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.22.0Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.23.0Vulnerablecurl
cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.23.1Vulnerablecurl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.22.0 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.23.0 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.23.1 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.20.0 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.20.1 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.0 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.1 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.2 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.3 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.4 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.5 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.6 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.21.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.21.7 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.22.0 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.23.0 Vulnerable ·curl
  • cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.23.1 Vulnerable ·curl

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0036
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxw5-p895-cp2c

References

Patch 1

Advisory 6

Other 5

  • TI-2009-00037 The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2005-03012 Stack-based buffer overflow in the ntlm_output function in http-ntlm.c for (1) wget 1.10… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2010-03649 Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8

Sources

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