Critical
Security advisory
A buffer overflow exists in curl 7.12.3 to and including curl 7.58.0 in the FTP URL handling that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or worse.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000120
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A buffer overflow exists in curl 7.12.3 to and including curl 7.58.0 in the FTP URL handling that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or worse.
osv:CVE-2018-1000120
Complete source record
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