CVE-2018-1000300

CRITICAL

curl <7.59.0 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

curl version curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in denial of service and more that can result in curl might overflow a heap based memory buffer when closing down an FTP connection with very long server command replies.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.54.1 and curl >= 7.60.0.

References (8)

[Patch] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

[Patch] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104207

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040933

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-82c2.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-05

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3648-1/

[Patch] https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0083

EPSS Percentile 74.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-787

Status published

Affected Products (5)

haxx/curl < 7.59.0

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published May 24, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026