CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-27781

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

libcurl provides the `CURLOPT_CERTINFO` option to allow applications to request details about a server's certificate chain. Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built with NSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve that information.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that applications using libcurl may become unavailable due to a malicious server, leading to potential service downtime.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update libcurl to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor applications using this library for abnormal behavior.

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Original NVD description (English source)

libcurl provides the `CURLOPT_CERTINFO` option to allow applications torequest details to be returned about a server's certificate chain.Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built withNSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve thatinformation.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS