Vulnerability CVE-2018-16842
Published: 2018-10-31

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.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
HAXX -> CURL 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331
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