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CVE-2005-4077

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4077 describes multiple off-by-one errors in libcurl versions 7.11.2 through 7.15.0, affecting the daniel_stenberg curl product. These flaws allow local users to trigger buffer overflows and cause denial of service or bypass PHP security restrictions through specially crafted malformed URLs. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (medium severity), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

jitsipatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 7.15.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: curl-0:7.12.1-8.rhel4
View patch
sierra_wirelesspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 7.15.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

redhatCVE-2005-4077Moderate

security flaw

Dec 7, 2005
sierra_wirelessllm-sierra_wireless-4c866f723401d22fHIGH

URL Buffer Overflow

Dec 7, 2005
jitsillm-jitsi-31152d6d723d3434HIGH

URL Buffer Overflow

Dec 7, 2005

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.16/SCOSA-2006.16.txt
curl.haxx.se / docs/adv_20051207.html
PatchVendor Advisory
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
qa.openoffice.org / issues/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/17907
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17960
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17961
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17965
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17977
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18105
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18188
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18336
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19261
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19433
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19457
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20077
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10855
usn.ubuntu.com / 228-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-919
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-09.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-25.xml
hardened-php.net / advisory_242005.109.html
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-December/msg00020.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-875.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/418849/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/15756
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/17951
trustix.org / errata/2005/0072
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2791
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0960
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1779
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Vendor Advisory