--- curl-7.11.2/lib/url.c	2005-12-07 10:51:21.663585766 +0000
+++ curl-7.11.2/lib/url.c	2005-12-07 10:56:18.524639785 +0000
@@ -2097,12 +2097,18 @@
   if(urllen < LEAST_PATH_ALLOC)
     urllen=LEAST_PATH_ALLOC;
 
-  conn->pathbuffer=(char *)malloc(urllen);
+  /*
+   * We malloc() the buffers below urllen+3 to make room for two possibilities:
+   * 1 - an extra terminating zero
+   * 2 - an extra slash (in case a syntax like "www.host.com?moo" is used)
+   */
+
+  conn->pathbuffer=(char *)malloc(urllen+3);
   if(NULL == conn->pathbuffer)
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY; /* really bad error */
   conn->path = conn->pathbuffer;
 
-  conn->namebuffer=(char *)malloc(urllen);
+  conn->namebuffer=(char *)malloc(urllen+3);
   if(NULL == conn->namebuffer)
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   conn->hostname = conn->namebuffer;