Out-of-bounds read in libcurl - CVE-2014-3707
Published: September 1, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66915
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3707
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the "curl_easy_duphandle" function. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected software
libcurl
Modular Switchgear Monitoring (MSM)
Fedora
curl
mingw-curl
Modular Switchgear Monitoring (MSM)
Fedora
curl
mingw-curl
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3707
Install updates from vendor's website.
libcurl - update to 7.39
curl - addressed in versions 7.37.0-9.fc21, 7.37.0-11.fc21
mingw-curl - addressed in versions 7.39.0-1.el7, 7.39.0-1.fc21
curl - addressed in versions 7.37.0-9.fc21, 7.37.0-11.fc21
mingw-curl - addressed in versions 7.39.0-1.el7, 7.39.0-1.fc21
External References
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20141105.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10743
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1254.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3069
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70988
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2399-1
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031