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CVE-2017-1000257

An IMAP FETCH response line indicates the size of the returned data, in number of bytes. When that response says the data is zero bytes, libcurl would pass on that (non-existing) data with a pointer and the size (zero) to the deliver-data function. libcurl's deliver-data function treats zero as a magic number and invokes strlen() on the data to figure out the length. The strlen() is called on a…

Severity
Critical 9.1
Published
31 Oct 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
curlServers and applications · cpe:a:haxx:libcurl
  • From 7.20.0 up to 7.56.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000257
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000257