CVE-2018-14618

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:41 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

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.)

Affected

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

v < 7.61.17.61.1
Affected range stops below 7.61.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (11)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041605
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-14618.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-131CWE-190

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