CVE-2018-16842

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16842
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-31T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-08-06T17:15:28
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 7.14.1 7.61.1
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.1
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16842
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16842
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:39:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 14:00:50 2018-10-31T19:29Z 2018-10-31T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 14:00:50 2019-08-06T17:15:28 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 14:00:50 Modified Vulnerability Status updated