CVE-2015-3144

CriticalCVSS 9.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The fix_hostname function in cURL and libcurl 7.37.0 through 7.41.0 does not properly calculate an index, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact via a zero-length host name, as demonstrated by "http://:80" and ":80."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 24, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-3144: Critical severity, CVSS 9.0 | Vulnix