CVE-2018-16840 (GCVE-0-2018-16840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-31 18:00 – Updated: 2026-04-16 14:08
VLAI
Summary
A heap use-after-free flaw was found in curl versions from 7.59.0 through 7.61.1 in the code related to closing an easy handle. When closing and cleaning up an 'easy' handle in the `Curl_close()` function, the library code first frees a struct (without nulling the pointer) and might then subsequently erroneously write to a struct field within that already freed struct.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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 7.59.0 to 7.61.1
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Date Public
2018-10-31 00:00
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