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ghsa-8h93-38hx-vv92

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-06-07 09:30

Modified

2025-06-09 15:31

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Due to a mistake in libcurl's WebSocket code, a malicious server can send a particularly crafted packet which makes libcurl get trapped in an endless busy-loop.

There is no other way for the application to escape or exit this loop other than killing the thread/process.

This might be used to DoS libcurl-using application.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-5399"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-07T08:15:20Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Due to a mistake in libcurl\u0027s WebSocket code, a malicious server can send a\nparticularly crafted packet which makes libcurl get trapped in an endless\nbusy-loop.\n\nThere is no other way for the application to escape or exit this loop other\nthan killing the thread/process.\n\nThis might be used to DoS libcurl-using application.",
  "id": "GHSA-8h93-38hx-vv92",
  "modified": "2025-06-09T15:31:41Z",
  "published": "2025-06-07T09:30:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5399"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/3168039"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-5399.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-5399.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/04/2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}

CVE-2025-5399 (GCVE-0-2025-5399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-06-07 07:49

Modified

2025-06-09 13:20

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Summary

Due to a mistake in libcurl's WebSocket code, a malicious server can send a particularly crafted packet which makes libcurl get trapped in an endless busy-loop. There is no other way for the application to escape or exit this loop other than killing the thread/process. This might be used to DoS libcurl-using application.

References

URL

Tags

	https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-5399.json
	https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-5399.html
	https://hackerone.com/reports/3168039

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	curl	curl	Version: 8.14.0 ≤ 8.14.0 Version: 8.13.0 ≤ 8.13.0

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