CVE-2012-0036

curl: URL sanitization vulnerability

Published Apr 13, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 16.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
curl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during extraction of a pathname from a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct data-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a CRLF injection attack on the (1) IMAP, (2) POP3, or (3) SMTP protocol.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2398-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0076 curl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during extraction of a pathname from a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct data-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a CRLF injection attack on the (1) IMAP, (2) POP3, or (3) SMTP protocol.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1346-1 curl vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.05723}

epss

{'score': 0.08098}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:09 PM
Reserved
Dec 7, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 13, 2012, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:36 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 24, 2012, 12:00 AM