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CVE-2018-16842 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.1 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.4 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-2/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-2/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-125	Out-of-bounds Read	[email protected]
CWE-125	Out-of-bounds Read	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
haxx curl	>= 7.14.1, <= 7.61.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	12.04 14.04 16.04 18.04 18.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

14 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 16, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 6, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 11, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 11, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 2, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 1, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]

CVE-2018-16842 Details

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