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CVE-2018-14618

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CVE-2018-14618

Published: Sep 5, 2018

Modified: Apr 15, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

7.5

HIGH

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.)

VendorProductVersions

[UNKNOWN]

curl

affected
7.61.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

GLSA-201903-03
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
USN-3765-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2018:3558
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
DSA-4286
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
1041605
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
USN-3765-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2019:1880
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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