| Name | CVE-2018-16842 |
| Description | Curl versions 7.14.1 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1568-1, DSA-4331-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| curl (PTS) | jessie | 7.38.0-4+deb8u11 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 7.38.0-4+deb8u16 | fixed | |
| stretch (security), stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u9 | fixed | |
| buster | 7.64.0-4 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 7.66.0-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 7.67.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.62.0-1 | |||
| curl | source | jessie | 7.38.0-4+deb8u13 | DLA-1568-1 | ||
| curl | source | stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u8 | DSA-4331-1 |
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html
Fixed by: https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211