CVE-2018-16839
curl - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-16839
To remediate CVE-2018-16839, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/curl—upgrade to 7.62.0-r0 or later
- Debian/curl—upgrade to 7.62.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 7.52.1-5+deb9u8 or later
Is CVE-2018-16839 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 7.62.0-r0
- from 0, < 7.62.0-1
- from 0, < 7.52.1-5+deb9u8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |