cvelist/2018/16xxx/CVE-2018-16840.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2018-16840",
        "ASSIGNER": "psampaio@redhat.com"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
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                {
                    "vendor_name": "The Curl Project",
                    "product": {
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                            {
                                "product_name": "curl",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "from 7.59.0 to 7.61.1"
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    "problemtype": {
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                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-416"
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            {
                "url": "https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2018-16840.html"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16840",
                "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16840",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM"
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    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "A heap use-after-free flaw was found in curl versions from 7.59.0 to 7.61.1 in the code related to closing an easy handle. When closing and cleaning up an 'easy' handle in the `Curl_close()` function, the library code first frees a struct (without nulling the pointer) and might then subsequently erroneously write to a struct field within that already freed struct."
            }
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                    "vectorString": "4.3/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
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