Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.
CVE-2020-8231
Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- EPSS
- 5.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 14 December 2020
- Last updated
- 2 November 2026
- Affected
- n/a · https://github.com/curl/curl
- Assigner
- hackerone
At the source
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/948876
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8231.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
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