Integer overflow in cURL - CVE-2025-0725

Vulnerability identifier: #VU103646

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-0725

CWE-ID: CWE-190

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when handling gzip decompression of content-encoded HTTP responses with the CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING option using zlib 1.2.0.3 or older. A remote attacker can send specially crafted response to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

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Install updates from vendor's website.

cURL - update to 8.12.0
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.2.1
envoy - addressed in versions 1.33.10, 1.34.8, 1.35.4
EasyApache - update to 4 25-5
Nessus Network Monitor - update to 6.5.1
SecurityCenter - update to SC-202504.2
LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS) - update to 7.08.021
RSA Authentication Manager - update to 8.7 SP2 Patch 6
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 9.2.8, 9.3.6, 9.4.4, 10.0.1
Dell EMC NetWorker vProxy - addressed in versions 19.11.0.6, 19.12.0.2
SmartFabric Manager - update to 1.3.0
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure - update to 01.04.01.00
APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift - update to 03.02.04.00
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - addressed in versions 5.0.2.2, 5.1.0.0
Storage Resource Manager - addressed in versions 5.0.2.2, 5.1.0.0
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.28.00.14
libcurl4 - addressed in versions 7.66.0-150200.4.84.1, 8.0.1-11.105.1, 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
libcurl4-32bit - addressed in versions 7.66.0-150200.4.84.1, 8.0.1-11.105.1, 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
libcurl4-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.66.0-150200.4.84.1, 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
libcurl-devel - addressed in versions 7.66.0-150200.4.84.1, 8.0.1-11.105.1, 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
curl - addressed in versions 7.66.0-150200.4.84.1, 8.0.1-11.105.1, 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
curl-debugsource - addressed in versions 7.66.0-150200.4.84.1, 8.0.1-11.105.1, 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
curl-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.66.0-150200.4.84.1, 8.0.1-11.105.1, 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
libcurl4-debuginfo - addressed in versions 7.66.0-150200.4.84.1, 8.0.1-11.105.1, 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
libcurl4-debuginfo-32bit - update to 8.0.1-11.105.1
libcurl-devel-32bit - addressed in versions 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
libcurl4-64bit - addressed in versions 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
libcurl4-64bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
libcurl-devel-64bit - addressed in versions 8.0.1-150400.5.62.1, 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
curl-doc - update to 8.4.0-11
libcurl-minimal - update to 8.4.0-11
libcurl-devel - update to 8.4.0-11
libcurl - update to 8.4.0-11
curl-minimal - update to 8.4.0-11
curl - update to 8.4.0-11
curl - update to 8.12.0
PowerProtect Data Manager - update to 19.19.0-15

• https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-0725.html

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