CVE-2015-3237

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The smb_request_state function in cURL and libcurl 7.40.0 through 7.42.1 allows remote SMB servers to obtain sensitive information from memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted length and offset values.

Affected products

curl: 7.40.0, 7.41.0, 7.42.0, 7.42.1
curl: 7.40.0, 7.41.0, 7.42.0, 7.42.1
Hewlett Packard Enterprise System Management Homepage for Windows and Linux: through 7.5.3.1
Oracle Corporation Enterprise Manager Ops Center: 12.1.4, 12.2.2, 12.3.2
Oracle Corporation GlassFish Server: 3.0.1, 3.1.2

References

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617B.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160660.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75387
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036371
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201509-02
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20150617B.html

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