CVE-2018-0500

Summary

CVECVE-2018-0500
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-11 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionCurl_smtp_escape_eob in lib/smtp.c in curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.60.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow that might be exploitable by an attacker who can control the data that curl transmits over SMTP with certain settings (i.e., use of a nonstandard --limit-rate argument or CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE value).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Application Haxx Curl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3710-1: curl vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
smtp: use the upload buffer size for scratch buffer malloc · curl/curl@ba1dbd7 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
curl Buffer Overflow in Curl_smtp_escape_eob() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
cURL:Heap-based Buffer Overflow (GLSA 201807-04) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
curl - SMTP send heap buffer overflow - CVE-2018-0500 CONFIRM curl.haxx.se Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500124 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503779 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 710283 Gentoo Linux cURL Heap-based buffer overflow Vulnerability (GLSA 201807-04)

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