VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16840

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability3.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-10-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Primary references