CVE-2018-16842 (GCVE-0-2018-16842)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-10-31 19:00
Modified
2026-04-15 20:56
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CWE
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Curl Project curl: Version: from 7.14.1 to 7.61.1
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