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Curl 7.10.5 < 8.12.0 Integer Overflow (CVE-2025-0725)

high Nessus Plugin ID 215220

Synopsis

The remote host has a program that is affected by an integer overflow vulnerability.

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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade Curl to version 8.12.0 or later

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 215220

File Name: curl_CVE-2025-0725.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/10/2025

Updated: 2/10/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:haxx:curl

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Curl

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0725

IAVA: 2025-A-0085