Use After Free

libcurl.so is vulnerable to Use After Free. The vulnerability is due to improper freeing of an easy handle within the Curlclose function. The application frees the struct without assigning it to a null pointer. The usage of previously freed memory could lead to data corruption or lead to a crash ...

CVE-2018-16840

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 Curlclose function, the library code first frees a struct without nulling the pointer and might then subsequently...

CURL-CVE-2018-16840 use after free in handle close

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 Curlclose function, the library code first frees a struct without clearing the pointer and might then subsequently erroneously write to a struct field within...