CVE-2020-8231 (GCVE-0-2020-8231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-14 19:39 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:56
VLAI
Summary
Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-416 - Use After Free (CWE-416)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a https://github.com/curl/curl Affected: libcurl 7.29.0 to and including 7.71.1
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