CVE-2018-16840 (GCVE-0-2018-16840)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-10-31 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 10:32
CWE
Summary
A heap use-after-free flaw was found in curl versions from 7.59.0 through 7.61.1 in the code related to closing an easy handle. When closing and cleaning up an 'easy' handle in the `Curl_close()` function, the library code first frees a struct (without nulling the pointer) and might then subsequently erroneously write to a struct field within that already freed struct.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Curl Project curl Version: from 7.59.0 to 7.61.1
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