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CVE-2018-14618

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

curl before version 7.61.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the NTLM authentication code. The internal function Curl_ntlm_core_mk_nt_hash multiplies the length of the password by two (SUM) to figure out how large temporary storage area to allocate from the heap. The length value is then subsequently used to iterate over the password and generate output into the allocated storage buffer. On systems with a 32 bit size_t, the math to calculate SUM triggers an integer overflow when the password length exceeds 2GB (2^31 bytes). This integer overflow usually causes a very small buffer to actually get allocated instead of the intended very huge one, making the use of that buffer end up in a heap buffer overflow. (This bug is almost identical to CVE-2017-8816.)

How to fix

Remediation Available
curlDebian
Fixed in:7.62.0-1CVE-2018-14618
Fixed in:7.62.0-1CVE-2018-14618
Fixed in:7.62.0-1CVE-2018-14618
Fixed in:7.62.0-1CVE-2018-14618
curlUbuntu
Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17USN-3765-1
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9USN-3765-1
Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3USN-3765-1
libcurl3Ubuntu
Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17USN-3765-1
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9USN-3765-1
libcurl3-gnutlsUbuntu
Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17USN-3765-1
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9USN-3765-1
Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3USN-3765-1
libcurl3-nssUbuntu
Fixed in:7.35.0-1ubuntu2.17USN-3765-1
Fixed in:7.47.0-1ubuntu2.9USN-3765-1
Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3USN-3765-1
libcurl4Ubuntu
Fixed in:7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3USN-3765-1

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

11.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days
95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-25687Medium5.987%-Fix
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