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curl before version 7.61.1 is vulnerable to a buffer...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 2, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

curl before version 7.61.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the NTLM authentication code. The internal function Curl_ntlm_core_mk_nt_hash multiplies the length of the password by two (SUM) to figure out how large temporary storage area to allocate from the heap. The length value is then subsequently used to iterate over the password and generate output into the allocated storage buffer. On systems with a 32 bit size_t, the math to calculate SUM triggers an integer overflow when the password length exceeds 2GB (2^31 bytes). This integer overflow usually causes a very small buffer to actually get allocated instead of the intended very huge one, making the use of that buffer end up in a heap buffer overflow. (This bug is almost identical to CVE-2017-8816.)

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 5, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Feb 2, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-14618

GHSA ID

GHSA-4mp9-8964-jxmg

Source code

No known source code

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