CVE-2018-1000301
curl version curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-126: Buffer Over-read vulnerability in denial of service that can result in curl can be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded RTSP…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
curl version curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-126: Buffer Over-read vulnerability in denial of service that can result in curl can be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded RTSP content.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.20.0 and curl >= 7.60.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.92% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · haxx/curl · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · oracle/communications webrtc session controller · oracle/enterprise manager ops center · oracle/peoplesoft enterprise peopletools
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlPatch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104225Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040931Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3157Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0594
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-b138.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-05Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3598-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3648-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4202Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.htmlPatch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104225Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040931Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3157Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0594
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-b138.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-05Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3598-2/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.