CVE-2025-5399

Published Jun 7, 2025

Last updated a month ago

Overview

Description
Due to a mistake in libcurl's WebSocket code, a malicious server can send a particularly crafted packet which makes libcurl get trapped in an endless busy-loop. There is no other way for the application to escape or exit this loop other than killing the thread/process. This might be used to DoS libcurl-using application.
Source
2499f714-1537-4658-8207-48ae4bb9eae9
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Awaiting Analysis

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