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CVE-2022-32206 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-333517.pdf CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1570651 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling[email protected]
CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-32206
NVD Published Date:
Jul 7, 2022
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2022-32206 Details - Not Deferred