Description
Curl versions 7.33.0 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the SASL authentication code that may lead to denial of service.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16839.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/f3a24d7916b9173c69a3e0ee790102993833d6c5
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16839
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042012
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
58.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-190
CWE-122
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
haxx/curl
7.33.0 - 7.61.1
The Curl Project/curl:
from 7.33.0 to 7.61.1
Published
Oct 31, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026