CVE-2020-8177
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 14, 2020 at 07:42 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
10 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxCurlSinec Infrastructure Network Services· also runs on 6 platforms
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead too overwriting a local file when the -J flag is used.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < xcp2410v < xcp3110
Affected range stops below xcp2410, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below xcp3110, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
fujitsu-m10-1 (same device)
v < xcp2410v < xcp3110
Affected range stops below xcp2410, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below xcp3110, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
fujitsu-m10-4 (same device)
v < xcp2410v < xcp3110
Affected range stops below xcp2410, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below xcp3110, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
fujitsu-m10-4s (same device)
v < xcp2410v < xcp3110
Affected range stops below xcp2410, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below xcp3110, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
fujitsu-m12-1 (same device)
v < xcp2410v < xcp3110
Affected range stops below xcp2410, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below xcp3110, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
fujitsu-m12-2 (same device)
v < xcp2410v < xcp3110
Affected range stops below xcp2410, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below xcp3110, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
fujitsu-m12-2s (same device)
7.20.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.70.0curl 7.20.0 to and including 7.70.0
v < 1.0.1.1
Affected range stops below 1.0.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.0.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdfx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/887462Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlSource: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-389290.htmlSource: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-99CWE-74
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