{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2022-27781","details":"libcurl provides the `CURLOPT_CERTINFO` option to allow applications torequest details to be returned about a server's certificate chain.Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built withNSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve thatinformation. Due to an erroneous function, a malicious server could make libcurl built with NSS get stuck in a never-ending busy-loop when trying to retrieve that information.]","modified":"2026-02-04T03:55:50.976845Z","published":"2022-05-11T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-5412-1","USN-5499-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-27781"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-27781"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-27781.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/f6c335d63f"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5412-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5499-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-27781"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"curl","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/curl@7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11"}]}],"versions":["7.32.0-1ubuntu1","7.33.0-1ubuntu1","7.34.0-1ubuntu1","7.35.0-1ubuntu1","7.35.0-1ubuntu2","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.1","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.2","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.3","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.5","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.6","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.7","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.9","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.10","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.11","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.12","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.13","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.14","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.15","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.16","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm2","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm3","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm4","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm5","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm6","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm7","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm8","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm9","7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11","binary_name":"curl"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11","binary_name":"libcurl3"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11","binary_name":"libcurl3-gnutls"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11","binary_name":"libcurl3-nss"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11","binary_name":"libcurl4-gnutls-dev"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11","binary_name":"libcurl4-nss-dev"},{"binary_version":"7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm11","binary_name":"libcurl4-openssl-dev"}],"availability":"Available 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