| Name | CVE-2018-0500 |
| Description | 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). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 903546 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| curl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 7.38.0-4+deb8u28 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 7.52.1-5+deb9u16 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.52.1-5+deb9u22 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u10 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7.64.0-4+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u13 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u14 | fixed |
| bookworm | 7.88.1-10+deb12u8 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 7.88.1-10+deb12u5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.11.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| curl | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| curl | source | (unstable) | 7.61.0-1 | | | 903546 |
Notes
[stretch] - curl <not-affected> (Only affects 7.54.1 to 7.60.0)
[jessie] - curl <not-affected> (Only affects 7.54.1 to 7.60.0)
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-70a2.html
[wheezy] - curl <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)