Description
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.
Published: 2012-04-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 10.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2398-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0076 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1346-1 curl vulnerability
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.05723}

epss

{'score': 0.08098}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:09:17.303Z

Reserved: 2011-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0036

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-04-13T20:55:01.493

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0036

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-01-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-0036 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses