CVE-2018-1000120

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 12%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
65(Track*)
EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS
95.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 14, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Jun 25, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0594
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0544
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1543
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. (BZ#1640722)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3157
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
generic
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040531
generic
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103414

Patch Availability(8)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibcurl3 (7.22.0-3ubuntu4.21) @ precise2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntulibcurl4-openssl-dev (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.7) @ xenial2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatcurl-0:7.29.0-42.el7_4.22020-02-25redhat
redhatcurl-0:7.29.0-46.el7_5.12020-02-19redhat
redhatjbcs-httpd24-curl2019-06-18redhat
redhathttpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el72018-11-13redhat
redhatnss-pem-0:1.0.3-5.el72018-10-30redhat
nugetcurl—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
NuGet(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
curl7.30.0.1, 7.30.0.2——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(7)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-1000120?
CVE-2018-1000120 is a critical vulnerability published on March 14, 2018. 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.
When was CVE-2018-1000120 disclosed?
CVE-2018-1000120 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 14, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2018-1000120 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-1000120 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 95.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-1000120?
CVE-2018-1000120 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-1000120?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-1000120, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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