CVE-2020-8285
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Dec 14, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 28, 2020
Description
curl 7.21.0 to and including 7.73.0 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion due to a stack overflow issue in FTP wildcard match parsing.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
https://github.com/curl/curln/a |
|
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1045844
- https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/6255
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8285.html
- FEDORA-2020-ceaf490686vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201219 [SECURITY] [DLA 2500-1] curl security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2020-7ab62c73bcvendor-advisory
- GLSA-202012-14vendor-advisory
- DSA-4881vendor-advisory
- 20210427 APPLE-SA-2021-04-26-3 Security Update 2021-002 Catalinamailing-list
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0007/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8mailing-list
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8mailing-list
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.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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