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CVE-2020-8231 Details

Description

Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8231.html CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/948876 CVEExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
haxx libcurl
>= 7.29.0, <= 7.71.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:haxx:libcurl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
siemens sinec infrastructure network services
< 1.0.1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:siemens:sinec_infrastructure_network_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
oracle communications cloud native core policy
1.14.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_policy:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
splunk universal forwarder
>= 8.2.0, < 8.2.12
>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.6
9.1.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-8231
NVD Published Date:
Dec 14, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-8231 Details - Not Deferred