Detections
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CVE-2025-5399
high
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.
References
https://hackerone.com/reports/3168039
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-5399.json