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CVE-2018-1000301

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  • Published2018-05-24
  • WeaknessCWE-125

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Description

curl version curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-126: Buffer Over-read vulnerability in denial of service that can result in curl can be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded RTSP content.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.20.0 and curl >= 7.60.0.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-05-2413:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Canonical ubuntu linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.4= 12.04no fix published
14.4= 14.04no fix published
16.4= 16.04no fix published
17.10= 17.10no fix published
18.4= 18.04no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.0= 7.0no fix published
8.0= 8.0no fix published
9.0= 9.0no fix published
Oracle peoplesoft enterprise peopletools
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.55= 8.55no fix published
8.56= 8.56no fix published
8.57= 8.57no fix published

6 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-04-15
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
  • CISA-ADPCVSS 3.19.12026-04-15
  • NVDCVSS 3.09.1read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.06.4read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-1252026-04-15
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-125read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score5.9 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Published
2018-05-24
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000301?

curl version curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-126: Buffer Over-read vulnerability in denial of service that can result in curl can be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded RTSP content.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.20.0 and curl >= 7.60.0.

Is CVE-2018-1000301 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-1000301 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 5.9% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-1000301?

CVE-2018-1000301 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

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