Vulnerability Intelligence Report
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 content.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.20.0 and curl >= 7.60.0.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.1
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.2
EPSS Probability:6.00%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-125 ↗CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04 |
| haxx | curl | all |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
| oracle | communications_webrtc_session_controller | all |
| oracle | enterprise_manager_ops_center | 12.2.2, 12.3.3 |
| oracle | peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools | 8.55, 8.56, 8.57 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
6.003%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2018-05-06T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2018-05-24T13:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2018-05-16 |
| Last Updated | 2026-04-15T20:58:35 |
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