CVE-2018-14618

HIGH

libcurl < 7.61.1 - Heap Buffer Overflow via NTLM Authentication Password Length

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.)

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-14618.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3765-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0014
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4286
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041605
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3765-2/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1880

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.1082
EPSS Percentile 95.3%
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