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CVE-2018-16842

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Date: October 31, 2018

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.1

Related Resources (16)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16842

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16842

Url: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-2/

Url: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16842

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16842

Url: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16842

Severity Score

9.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 7.62.0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.4
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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