# High severity vulnerability found in libcurl and curl (CVE-2023-38545)

DevFeed: [High severity vulnerability found in libcurl and curl (CVE-2023-38545)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/high-severity-vulnerability-found-in-libcurl-and-curl-cve-2023-38545-7876.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/curl-high-severity-vulnerability-oct-2023/>)

Author: Hadas Bloom; Tal Dromi; Micah Silverman

Published: 2023-10-04T23:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>)

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## AI overview

Reports CVE-2023-38545, a high-severity heap-based buffer overflow in libcurl and curl, and identifies affected versions and the 8.4.0 fix.

## Source excerpt

In this pre-announcement of a new High severity curl vulnerability, learn how to gauge the potential impact to your organization and get steps to prepare for the forthcoming patch.