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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-3185 · published 13 October 2005

CVE-2005-3185: Curl memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Curl · Curl

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ntlm_output function in http-ntlm.c for (1) wget 1.10, (2) curl 7.13.2, and (3) libcurl 7.13.2, and other products that use libcurl, when NTLM authentication is enabled, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long NTLM username.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.2% · top 7.8% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
5.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
78References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ntlm_output function in http-ntlm.c for (1) wget 1.10, (2) curl 7.13.2, and (3) libcurl 7.13.2, and other products that use libcurl, when NTLM authentication is enabled, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long NTLM username.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302847
http://lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17192 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17193 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17203 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17208 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17228 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17247 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17297 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17320 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17400 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17403 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17485 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17813 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17965 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19193 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/82
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015056
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015057
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.519010
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-919
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-19.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=322&type=vulnerabilities PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:182
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_63_wget_curl.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20011
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-December/msg00020.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-October/msg00055.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-807.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-812.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15102
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15647
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2088 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2125 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2659 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22721
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9810
https://usn.ubuntu.com/205-1/
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-3185), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.