Security Advisory

CVE-2025-5399

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2025-06-07 07:49:09
Last updated 2025-06-09 13:20:29
Assigner curl
State PUBLISHED

Description

Due to a mistake in libcurls 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.