CVE-2020-8285

7.5 HIGH
Published: December 14, 2020 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
Source: support@hackerone.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8285.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/6255
Source: support@hackerone.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1045844
Source: support@hackerone.com
Permissions Required
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00029.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAEHE2S2QLO4AO4MEEYL75NB7SAH5PSL/
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZUVSQHN2ESHMJXNQ2Z7T2EELBB5HJXG/
Source: support@hackerone.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0007/
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
Source: support@hackerone.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Source: support@hackerone.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8285.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/6255
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1045844
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00029.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAEHE2S2QLO4AO4MEEYL75NB7SAH5PSL/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZUVSQHN2ESHMJXNQ2Z7T2EELBB5HJXG/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0007/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory

40 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674 CWE-674 CWE-787

Affected Vendors

netapp siemens fujitsu haxx splunk fedoraproject oracle apple debian

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