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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16840

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16840 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

A heap use-after-free flaw was found in curl versions from 7.59.0 through 7.61.1 in the code related to closing an easy handle. When closing and cleaning up an 'easy' handle in the `Curl_close()` function, the library code first frees a struct (without nulling the pointer) and might then subsequently erroneously write to a struct field within that already freed struct.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12curl0, 0, 0
Debian:14curl0, 0, 0
Debian:13curl0, 0, 0
Debian:11curl0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 31, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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