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Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

CVE-2014-8150

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

CRLF injection vulnerability in libcurl 6.0 through 7.x before 7.40.0, when using an HTTP proxy, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks via CRLF sequences in a URL.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

The software uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published