CVE-2020-8285
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 14, 2020 at 07:39 PM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
22 products affected across 9 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxFedora· also runs on 8 platforms
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
SSVC
PoC
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.14.610.15 ≤ v < 10.15.711.0 ≤ v < 11.310.14.610.14.6 security_update_2019-00110.14.6 security_update_2019-00210.14.6 security_update_2020-00110.14.6 security_update_2020-00210.14.6 security_update_2020-00310.14.6 security_update_2020-00410.14.6 security_update_2020-00510.14.6 security_update_2020-00610.14.6 security_update_2020-00710.14.6 security_update_2021-00110.15.710.15.7 security_update_2020-00110.15.7 security_update_2021-00110.15.7 supplemental_update
Affected range stops below 10.14.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.15.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%All versionsv < 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)
All versionsv < 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)
All versionsv < 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)
All versionsv < 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)
All versionsv < 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)
All versionsv < 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)
Runs on — not affected
The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8285.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAEHE2S2QLO4AO4MEEYL75NB7SAH5PSL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZUVSQHN2ESHMJXNQ2Z7T2EELBB5HJXG/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14
References (22)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51x_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://github.com/curl/curl/issues/6255Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00029.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674
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