CVE-2018-14618

HIGH

curl <7.61.1 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

curl before version 7.61.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the NTLM authentication code. The internal function Curl_ntlm_core_mk_nt_hash multiplies the length of the password by two (SUM) to figure out how large temporary storage area to allocate from the heap. The length value is then subsequently used to iterate over the password and generate output into the allocated storage buffer. On systems with a 32 bit size_t, the math to calculate SUM triggers an integer overflow when the password length exceeds 2GB (2^31 bytes). This integer overflow usually causes a very small buffer to actually get allocated instead of the intended very huge one, making the use of that buffer end up in a heap buffer overflow. (This bug is almost identical to CVE-2017-8816.)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 65.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-190 CWE-131 CWE-122
Status published
Products (12)
[UNKNOWN]/curl 7.61.1
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 9.0
haxx/libcurl < 7.61.1
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.4
... and 2 more
Published Sep 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026