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CVE-2020-8231: Use After Free

December 14, 2020 (updated June 29, 2021)

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

References

  • hackerone.com/reports/948876
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8231

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 7.29.0 up to 7.71.1

Fixed versions

  • 7.77.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.77.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Source file

conan/libcurl/CVE-2020-8231.yml

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