Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16839
CVE-2018-16839
Description
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.
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Affected products
20- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/curl&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/curl&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 7.79.1-1.1+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.79.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-3.14.3
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.60.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.37.0-37.37.1
- The Curl Project/curl:v5Range: from 7.33.0 to 7.61.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16839.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/curl/curl/commit/f3a24d7916b9173c69a3e0ee790102993833d6c5nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1042012nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00005.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-03nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3805-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4331nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/8338a0f605bdbb3a6098bb76f666a95fc2b2f53f37fa1ecc89f1146f%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3Envd
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