CVE-2017-8816 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2017-8816

The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0...

Vulnerability Description

The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields.

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 and libcurl before 7.57.0
Vulnerable Versions:
curl and libcurl before 7.57.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 29th, 2017
Last Modified: April 15th, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.