CVE-2013-2174 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-2174

Heap-based buffer overflow in the curl_easy_unescape function in lib/escape.c in...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

curl, libcurl, ubuntu linux, opensuse, enterprise linux
Vulnerable Versions:
7.7, 7.7.1, 7.7.2, 7.7.3, 7.8, 7.8.1, 7.9, 7.9.1, 7.9.2, 7.9.3, 7.9.4, 7.9.5, 7.9.6, 7.9.7, 7.9.8, 7.10, 7.10.1, 7.10.2, 7.10.3, 7.10.4, 7.10.5, 7.10.6, 7.10.7, 7.10.8, 7.11.0, 7.11.1, 7.11.2, 7.12.0, 7.12.1, 7.12.2, 7.12.3, 7.13.0, 7.13.1, 7.13.2, 7.14.0, 7.14.1, 7.15.0, 7.15.1, 7.15.2, 7.15.3, 7.15.4, 7.15.5, 7.16.0, 7.16.1, 7.16.2, 7.16.3, 7.16.4, 7.17.0, 7.17.1, 7.18.0, 7.18.1, 7.18.2, 7.19.0, 7.19.1, 7.19.2, 7.19.3, 7.19.4, 7.19.5, 7.19.6, 7.19.7, 7.20.0, 7.20.1, 7.21.0, 7.21.1, 7.21.2, 7.21.3, 7.21.4, 7.21.5, 7.21.6, 7.21.7, 7.22.0, 7.23.0, 7.23.1, 7.24.0, 7.25.0, 7.26.0, 7.27.0, 7.28.0, 7.28.1, 7.29.0, 7.30.0, 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 11.4, 5, 6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: July 31st, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.