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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-10-31T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:53.993Z

Reserved: 2018-09-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-16840

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-31T18:29:00.307

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:25.240

Link: CVE-2018-16840

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-10-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16840 - Bugzilla