Critical severity · published Oct 31, 2018
CVE-2018-16842
Curl versions 7.14.1 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of…
9.1
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Curl versions 7.14.1 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Curl · Haxx
7.14.1 through 7.61.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16842
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16842
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842
Patch
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
Patch
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
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