{"action":"Upgrade curl to 7.51.0-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"7.51.0-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"curl","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["7.51.0-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NBS3QMCAHAR4BWBA3VB3BF","modified_at":"2026-09-22T07:00:10.516994413Z","published_at":"2018-07-31T22:29:00.250Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8617","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8617"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8617#Debian:13/curl","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-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`."}