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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

CRITICAL 9.1EPSS 6.04%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.04%). 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
6.04% probability · 93th percentile
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

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.