CVE-2018-16842

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16842
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-31 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-08-06 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionCurl 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

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 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
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 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
1644124 – (CVE-2018-16842) CVE-2018-16842 curl: Heap-based buffer over-read in the curl tool warning formatting CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
curl - warning message out-of-buffer read - CVE-2018-16842 MISC curl.haxx.se Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1568-1] curl security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4331-1 curl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3805-2: curl vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
USN-3805-1: curl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
voutf: fix bad arethmetic when outputting warnings to stderr · curl/curl@d530e92 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
curl Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377302 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for curl (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0058)
  • 500126 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503781 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 710197 Gentoo Linux cURL Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-03)
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