CVE-2018-16839
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16839
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16839.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16839
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-10-31T18:29:00.230Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-11T12:27:54.988584Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042012
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16839
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16839.html
- https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/f3a24d7916b9173c69a3e0ee790102993833d6c5
Affected packages
Git / github.com/curl/curl
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/curl/curl
- Events
-
IntroducedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedFixed
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "7.33.0" }, { "last_affected": "7.61.1" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "8.0" } ] }
Affected versions
Other
curl-7_33_0
curl-7_34_0
curl-7_35_0
curl-7_36_0
curl-7_37_0
curl-7_37_1
curl-7_38_0
curl-7_39_0
curl-7_40_0
curl-7_41_0
curl-7_42_0
curl-7_43_0
curl-7_44_0
curl-7_45_0
curl-7_46_0
curl-7_47_0
curl-7_47_1
curl-7_48_0
curl-7_49_0
curl-7_49_1
curl-7_50_0
curl-7_50_1
curl-7_50_2
curl-7_50_3
curl-7_51_0
curl-7_52_0
curl-7_52_1
curl-7_53_0
curl-7_53_1
curl-7_54_0
curl-7_54_1
curl-7_55_0
curl-7_55_1
curl-7_56_0
curl-7_56_1
curl-7_57_0
curl-7_58_0
curl-7_59_0
curl-7_60_0
curl-7_61_0
curl-7_61_1
curl-7_62_0
curl-7_63_0
curl-7_64_0
curl-7_64_1
curl-7_65_0
curl-7_65_1
curl-7_65_2
curl-7_65_3
curl-7_66_0
curl-7_67_0
curl-7_68_0
curl-7_69_0
curl-7_69_1
curl-7_70_0
curl-7_71_0
curl-7_71_1
curl-7_72_0
curl-7_73_0
curl-7_74_0
curl-7_75_0
curl-7_76_0
curl-7_76_1
curl-7_77_0
curl-7_78_0
curl-7_79_0
curl-7_79_1
curl-7_80_0
curl-7_81_0
curl-7_82_0
curl-7_83_0
curl-7_83_1
curl-7_84_0
curl-7_85_0
curl-7_86_0
curl-7_87_0
curl-7_88_0
curl-7_88_1
curl-8_0_0
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16839.json"
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "9.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "14.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.10"
}
]
}
]
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-04-11T12:27:54Z"
vanir_signatures
[
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16839-226b7354",
"signature_version": "v1",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"file": "lib/vauth/cleartext.c"
},
"source": "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/f3a24d7916b9173c69a3e0ee790102993833d6c5",
"signature_type": "Line",
"digest": {
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],
"threshold": 0.9
}
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16839-98aef08a",
"signature_version": "v1",
"deprecated": false,
"target": {
"function": "Curl_auth_create_plain_message",
"file": "lib/vauth/cleartext.c"
},
"source": "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/f3a24d7916b9173c69a3e0ee790102993833d6c5",
"signature_type": "Function",
"digest": {
"length": 711.0,
"function_hash": "307941837594799485192212106034451078774"
}
}
]