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Out-of-bounds read In curl

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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