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CURL-CVE-2018-16840
No affected components available
libcurl contains a heap use after free flaw in 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 clearing the pointer) and might
then subsequently erroneously write to a struct field within that already
freed struct.
Measures severity based on intrinsic characteristics of the vulnerability, independent of environment.
No exploitation activity has been observed at this time. Continue routine monitoring.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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