CVE-2018-16842
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.1)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.10%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 81
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-125
- CWE-125
Referencias
- 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
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- 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
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
JSON original (NVD)
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