CVE-2020-8285

HIGHScheduled

Published:Dec 14, 2020(5 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability 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.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
haxx	libcurl	7.21.0 - 7.74.0	-
debian	debian_linux	-	-
debian	debian_linux	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Dec 14, 20205 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51Mailing List
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8285.htmlVendor Advisory

CVSS Score

v3.1

7.5/ 10.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

haxx / libcurl

https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/6255Exploit

https://hackerone.com/reports/1045844Permissions Required

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b8...Mailing List

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c279...Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00029.htmlMailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...Mailing List

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0007/Third Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325Third Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326Third Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51Mailing List

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfPatch

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8285.htmlVendor Advisory

https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/6255Exploit

https://hackerone.com/reports/1045844Permissions Required

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b8...Mailing List

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c279...Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00029.htmlMailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...Mailing List

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0007/Third Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325Third Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326Third Party Advisory

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlPatch

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityNone

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityNone

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2020-8285

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description