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Case File

CVE-2016-8617

LOW · CVSS 3.3 EPSS 0.59%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-07-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-8617
Severity
LOW
CVSS
3.3
EPSS
0.59%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via `CURLOPT_USERNAME`.