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CVE-2019-3823

curl: SMTP end-of-response out-of-bounds read

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · February 6, 2019

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way curl handled certain SMTP responses. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash curl.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Do not use SMTP authentication with curl

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read