CVE-2018-0500

CRITICAL

Haxx Curl < 7.60.0 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Curl_smtp_escape_eob in lib/smtp.c in curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.60.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow that might be exploitable by an attacker who can control the data that curl transmits over SMTP with certain settings (i.e., use of a nonstandard --limit-rate argument or CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE value).

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041280
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-70a2.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-04
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3710-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0115
EPSS Percentile 78.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
haxx/curl 7.54.1 - 7.60.0
Published Jul 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026