CVE-2018-1000301

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1000301
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-24 13:29:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-15 21:16:59 UTC
Descriptioncurl version curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-126: Buffer Over-read vulnerability in denial of service that can result in curl can be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded RTSP content.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.20.0 and curl >= 7.60.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.1 CRITICAL from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.027610000 probability, percentile 0.860340000 (date 2026-04-15)

Problem Types: CWE-125 | n/a | CWE-125 CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.0[email protected]Primary9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Haxx Curl All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Webrtc Session Controller All All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.2.2 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.3.3 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.55 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.56 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.57 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CPU Oct 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
curl - RTSP bad headers buffer over-read - CVE-2018-1000301 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 curl.haxx.se Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3648-1: curl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3598-2: curl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201806-05) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
curl RTSP Response Processing Flaw in Curl_http_readwrite_headers() Lets Remote Users Deny Service or Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cURL CVE-2018-1000301 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4202-1 curl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CPU July 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch
[SECURITY] [DLA 1379-1] curl security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500123 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503778 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 690572 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for curl (04fe6c8d-2a34-4009-a81e-e7a7e759b5d2)
  • 710308 Gentoo Linux cURL Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201806-05)
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