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CVE-2006-1061

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to...

7.5 HighFix available

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Exploit likelihood

5.25%Up 1.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Record
CVE-2006-1061
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Record
CVE-2006-1061
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-1065 No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Record
EUVD-2006-1065
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-64x8-5wwv-7rw9 No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to...

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Record
GHSA-64x8-5wwv-7rw9
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCURL-CVE-2006-1061 No score

TFTP Packet Buffer Overflow

libcurl uses the given file part of a TFTP URL in a manner that allows a malicious user to overflow a heap-based memory buffer due to the lack of boundary check.

This overflow happens if you pass in a URL with a TFTP protocol prefix ("tftp://"), using a valid host and a path part that is longer than 512 bytes.

The affected flaw can be triggered by a redirect, if curl/libcurl is told to follow redirects and an HTTP server points the client to a tftp URL with the characteristics described above.

Record
CURL-CVE-2006-1061
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Record
CVE-2006-1061
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2006-1061 No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1061
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10582-1 No score

curl-7.79.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the curl-7.79.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10582-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
curl
Debian:12
before 7.15.3-1
7.15.3-1
curl
Debian:13
before 7.15.3-1
7.15.3-1
curl
Debian:14
before 7.15.3-1
7.15.3-1
curl
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 48 CVEs
before 7.79.1-1.1
7.79.1-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-1061 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Daniel Stenberg Curl, published March 20, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.25%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in curl 7.15.3-1.

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