An IMAP FETCH response line indicates the size of the returned data, in number of bytes. When that response says the data is zero bytes, libcurl would pass on that (non-existing) data with a pointer and the size (zero) to the deliver-data function. libcurl's deliver-data function treats zero as a magic number and invokes strlen() on the data to figure out the length. The strlen() is called on a heap based buffer that might not be zero terminated so libcurl might read beyond the end of it into whatever memory lies after (or just crash) and then deliver that to the application as if it was actually downloaded.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1143-1 curl security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4007-1 curl security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-1518 An IMAP FETCH response line indicates the size of the returned data, in number of bytes. When that response says the data is zero bytes, libcurl would pass on that (non-existing) data with a pointer and the size (zero) to the deliver-data function. libcurl's deliver-data function treats zero as a magic number and invokes strlen() on the data to figure out the length. The strlen() is called on a heap based buffer that might not be zero terminated so libcurl might read beyond the end of it into whatever memory lies after (or just crash) and then deliver that to the application as if it was actually downloaded.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3441-2 curl vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3457-1 curl vulnerability
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Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T21:02:38.720Z

Reserved: 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000257

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:00:39.661Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-31T21:29:00.203

Modified: 2026-04-15T21:16:57.910

Link: CVE-2017-1000257

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000257 - Bugzilla

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