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Improper resource allocation - Buffer overflow In curl

Description

libcurl's URL API function curl_url_get() offers punycode conversions, to and from IDN. Asking to convert a name that is exactly 256 bytes, libcurl ends up reading outside of a stack based buffer when built to use the macidn IDN backend. The conversion function then fills up the provided buffer exactly - but does not null terminate the string.

This flaw can lead to stack contents accidently getting returned as part of the converted string.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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