CVE-2022-32221

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Plain English Summary

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This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate data sent in a POST request by exploiting a flaw in how the curl library handles reused connections, potentially leading to the wrong data being sent or causing the application to crash. It occurs when a connection that was previously used for a PUT request is reused for a POST request without properly resetting the data handling, which could happen in applications that frequently switch between these types of requests.

Technical Description

When doing HTTP(S) transfers, libcurl might erroneously use the read callback (`CURLOPT_READFUNCTION`) to ask for data to send, even when the `CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS` option has been set, if the same handle previously was used to issue a `PUT` request which used that callback. This flaw may surprise the application and cause it to misbehave and either send off the wrong data or use memory after free or similar in the subsequent `POST` request. The problem exists in the logic for a reused handle when it is changed from a PUT to a POST.

CVSS Vector Analysis

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
Confidentiality ImpactHigh
Integrity ImpactHigh
Availability ImpactHigh
ScopeUnchanged

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Est. Bounty
$13,000($5K-$15K)
Vendor Response
Grade FPatched in 1165 days

Quick Information

Published

Dec 5, 2022

about 3 years ago

Last Modified

Feb 13, 2026

7 days ago

Vendor

haxx

Product

curl

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