CVE Vulnerability

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 service.

6.4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-31 07:29

Updated : 2019-08-06 05:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-16842

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16842

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-125

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