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CVE-2023-38039

When curl retrieves an HTTP response, it stores the incoming headers so that they can be accessed later via the libcurl

When curl retrieves an HTTP response, it stores the incoming headers so that they can be accessed later via the libcurl headers API. However, curl did not have a limit in how many or how large headers it would accept in a response, allowing a malicious server to stream an endless series of headers and eventually cause curl to run out of heap memory.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.14797
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules7 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

10
haxx curl>= 7.84.0 and < 8.3.0
microsoft windows 10 1809< 10.0.17763.5122
microsoft windows 10 21h2< 10.0.19044.3693
microsoft windows 10 22h2< 10.0.19045.3693
microsoft windows 11 21h2< 10.0.22000.2600
microsoft windows 11 22h2< 10.0.22621.2715
microsoft windows 11 23h2< 10.0.22631.2715

Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pochackerone.com · 2072338hackerone.com

Sigma Hunt Rules

7
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Download and Execute Pattern via Curl/Wget
producthighSuspicious File Download From File Sharing Domain Via Curl.EXE
producthighSuspicious File Download From IP Via Curl.EXE
producthighCurl Download And Execute Combination
producthighSuspicious Curl.EXE Download
productmediumSuspicious Curl File Upload - Linux

Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · support@hackerone.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD15 Sep 2023 · 04:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:13230-1
siemens-csafSSA-093430
siemens-csafSSA-943925
apple-security120307
apple-security120305
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