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Vulnerability details: VCID-1bg9-85q6-bya3
Vulnerability ID VCID-1bg9-85q6-bya3
Aliases CVE-2018-14618
Summary 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.)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14618.json
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.00499 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.0052 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.01243 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.01243 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.01243 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
epss 0.01296 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
cvssv3.1 High https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2018-14618.html
cvssv3 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 10.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14618
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14618
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14618.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-14618
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14618
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-436177.pdf
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-14618.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2018-14618.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14618
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0014
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4286
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041605
1622707 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1622707
908327 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908327
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-14618 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14618
RHSA-2019:1880 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1880
USN-3765-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3765-1/
USN-3765-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3765-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-14618.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14618
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14618
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

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low

none

high

low

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.64921
EPSS Score 0.00499
Published At Aug. 4, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:23.937460+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3765-1/ 37.0.0