{"action":"Upgrade curl to 7.51.0-r0 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"7.51.0-r0","introduced":"0"}],"component":"curl","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["7.51.0-r0"],"id":"tcs_01M5N8KP2A2ABYCG8C46YD82MZ","modified_at":"2026-09-22T06:17:50.245207625Z","published_at":"2018-07-31T22:29:00.250Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8617","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-8617"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2016-8617#Alpine:v3.14/curl","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8617"}],"summary":"The base64 encode function in curl before version 7.51.0 is prone to a buffer being under allocated in 32bit systems if it receives at least 1Gb as input via `CURLOPT_USERNAME`."}