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Vulnerability details: VCID-uhyn-bd8d-aaak
Vulnerability ID VCID-uhyn-bd8d-aaak
Aliases CVE-2018-16842
Summary 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 Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.2
Risk 4.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-16842.html
rhas Important https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1543
rhas Low https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181
cvssv3 3.6 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16842.json
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generic_textual Medium https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
cvssv3.1 Low https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16839
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16842
cvssv3 4.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16842
cvssv3 9.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16842
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-795
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3805-1
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3805-2
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-16842.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16842.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16842
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16839
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16842
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3805-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3805-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014
ASA-201811-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201811-4
AVG-795 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-795
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-16842 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16842
RHBA-2020:0547 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1644124
RHSA-2019:1543 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1543
RHSA-2019:2181 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16842.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

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/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

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16842
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

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16842
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

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
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

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.24734
EPSS Score 0.00099
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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