CVE-2018-0500

N/A
Published: July 11, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:31 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxCurl

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

Curl_smtp_escape_eob in lib/smtp.c in curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.60.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow that might be exploitable by an attacker who can control the data that curl transmits over SMTP with certain settings (i.e., use of a nonstandard --limit-rate argument or CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE value).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.54.1 ≤ v ≤ 7.60.0

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041280
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-70a2.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-04
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3710-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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