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CVE-2022-32206

Published: Jul 7, 2022Updated: May 5, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-770
NVD MITRE
6.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
32.0%
Top 1.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

curl < 7.84.0 supports "chained" HTTP compression algorithms, meaning that a serverresponse can be compressed multiple times and potentially with different algorithms. The number of acceptable "links" in this "decompression chain" was unbounded, allowing a malicious server to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps.The use of such a decompression chain could result in a "malloc bomb", makingcurl end up spending enormous amounts of allocated heap memory, or trying toand returning out of memory errors.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

curlhaxxOSS Libraries
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
clustered data ontapnetappHardware Firmware
element softwarenetappHardware Firmware
haxxoss-projectSEOSS Librariesaka haxx.se
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
netappcommercialUSHardware Firmware
and 23 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
seclists.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/15/3
openwall.com
and 28 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jul 7, 2022
Last Updated
May 5, 2025

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