{"cve":"CVE-2018-16842","nvd":{"published":"2018-10-31T19:29:00.690","modified":"2026-06-17T01:44:53.220","status":"Modified","description":"Curl versions 7.14.1 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of service.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042014","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16842","https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16842.html","https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d530e92f59ae9bb2d47066c3c460b25d2ffeb211"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","haxx:curl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:59.789560037+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-16842","score":0.02099,"percentile":0.81703,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}