cURL up to 7.65.3 FTP-Kerberos Double-Free memory corruption

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in cURL up to 7.65.3 (Network Utility Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component FTP-Kerberos. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Double-Free). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-415. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 09/16/2019. The advisory is shared at curl.haxx.se. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-5481 since 01/04/2019. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/17/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entry 141878 is pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.5
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Class: Memory corruption / Double-Free (CWE-415)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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01/04/2019 CVE assigned
09/16/2019 +255 days Advisory disclosed
09/17/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
09/17/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: curl.haxx.se

CVE: CVE-2019-5481 (🔒)
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Created: 09/17/2019 09:28 AM
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