CVE-2018-16842

Publication date 31 October 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

Curl versions 7.14.1 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of service.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
curl 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 7.61.0-1ubuntu2.2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.5
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.11
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.19

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

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