Out-of-bounds Read/Write Vulnerability in cURL and libcurl

CVE-2015-3144 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

The fix_hostname function in cURL and libcurl 7.37.0 through 7.41.0 does not properly calculate an index, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact via a zero-length host name, as demonstrated by "http://:80" and ":80."

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