UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0500

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-0500

    Published: 11 Jul 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-0500
    Aliases:
    USN-3710-1

    Summary:

    Details: Curl_smtp_escape_eob in lib/smtp.c in curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.60.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow that might be exploitable by an attacker who can control the data that curl transmits over SMTP with certain settings (i.e., use of a nonstandard --limit-rate argument or CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE value).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-0500, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3710-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0500

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: curl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.58.0-2ubuntu3.2

    Affected versions

    7.55.1-1ubuntu2
    7.55.1-1ubuntu2.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High