CVE-2018-16842
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.4 · Out-of-bounds read
4.4CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactLow
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.htmlPatch
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/Advisory