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CVE-2018-16840

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 3.40% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-10-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2018-16840
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.40%

Original NVD Description

A heap use-after-free flaw was found in curl versions from 7.59.0 through 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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