VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-0500
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability6.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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).
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- security@debian.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory