CVE-2025-0725

high

Description

When libcurl is asked to perform automatic gzip decompression of content-encoded HTTP responses with the `CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING` option, **using zlib 1.2.0.3 or older**, an attacker-controlled integer overflow would make libcurl perform a buffer overflow.

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/2956023

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-0725.json

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-0725.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/06/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/05/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-02-05

Updated: 2025-02-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: High