{
    "id": "CVE-2018-0500",
    "published": "2018-07-11 13:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:31:00",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-787",
    "description": "Curl_smtp_escape_eob in lib/smtp.c in curl 7.54.1 to and including curl 7.60.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow that might be exploitable by an attacker who can control the data that curl transmits over SMTP with certain settings (i.e., use of a nonstandard --limit-rate argument or CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE value).",
    "epss_score": "0.06352",
    "epss_percentile": "0.93454",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-06 18:17:17",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "haxx",
            "product": "curl"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041280",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486",
        "https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-70a2.html",
        "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ba1dbd78e5f1ed67c1b8d37ac89d90e5e330b628",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-04",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3710-1/",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041280",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486",
        "https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_2018-70a2.html",
        "https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/ba1dbd78e5f1ed67c1b8d37ac89d90e5e330b628",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-04",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3710-1/"
    ]
}