CVE-2020-8177
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Dec 14, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 28, 2020
Description
curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead too overwriting a local file when the -J flag is used.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-99 Resource Injection (CWE-99)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
https://github.com/curl/curln/a |
|
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/887462
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8177.html
- DSA-4881vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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