CVE-2018-16839 (GCVE-0-2018-16839)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-31 18:00 – Updated: 2026-04-15 20:57
VLAI
Summary
Curl versions 7.33.0 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the SASL authentication code that may lead to denial of service.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Curl Project curl: Affected: from 7.33.0 to 7.61.1
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Date Public
2018-10-31 00:00
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