# CVE-2022-32206: curl \< 7.84.0 supports "chained" HTTP compression algorithms, meaning that a serverresponse can be compressed multiple times and potentially

- Also known as: CURL-CVE-2022-32206
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-07-07 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- n/a https://github.com/curl/curl: Fixed in 7.84.0

## Description

curl < 7.84.0 supports "chained" HTTP compression algorithms, meaning that a serverresponse can be compressed multiple times and potentially with different algorithms. The number of acceptable "links" in this "decompression chain" was unbounded, allowing a malicious server to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps.The use of such a decompression chain could result in a "malloc bomb", makingcurl end up spending enormous amounts of allocated heap memory, or trying toand returning out of memory errors.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a https://github.com/curl/curl, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/1570651
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BEV6BR4MTI3CEWK2YU2HQZUW5FAS3FEY/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5197
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00017.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220915-0003/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-333517.pdf
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-01
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/15/3

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