CVE-2018-16842
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.4 Medium
- Published
- Oct 31, 2018
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2018
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 4.4 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
curl:The Curl Project |
|
References
- GLSA-201903-03vendor-advisory
- DSA-4331vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20181106 [SECURITY] [DLA 1568-1] curl security updatemailing-list
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842
- 1042014vdb-entry
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211
- USN-3805-2vendor-advisory
- USN-3805-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2181vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
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