Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the curl_easy_unescape function in lib/escape.c in cURL and libcurl 7.7 through 7.30.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string ending in a "%" (percent) character.
Published: 2013-07-31
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 3.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2713-1 curl security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1894-1 curl vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Haxx Curl Libcurl
Opensuse Opensuse
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:27:41.030Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-2174

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-07-31T13:20:25.267

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

Link: CVE-2013-2174

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-06-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-2174 - Bugzilla

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