CVE-2025-0725
Publication date 5 February 2025
Last updated 6 February 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Read the notes from the security team
Why is this CVE low priority?
Curl developers have rated this as being low severity
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| curl | 24.10 oracular |
Not affected
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
Notes
mdeslaur
only vulnerable if used with zlib 1.2.0.3 and earlier, which is not the case on Ubuntu. Trusty contains 1.2.8.