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CVE-2022-32206

curl < 7.84.0 supports "chained" HTTP compression algorithms, meaning that a serverresponse can be compressed multiple times and potentially with different algorithms. The number of acceptable "links" in this "decompression chain" was unbounded, allowing a malicious server to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps.The use of such a decompression chain could result in a "malloc…

Severity
Medium 6.5
Published
7 Jul 2022
Last changed
14 Oct 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
7.84.0
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
curlServers and applications · cpe:a:haxx:curl
  • Every version before 7.84.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32206
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-32206