Vulnerability CVE-2020-8231
Published: 2020-12-14

Description:
Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
HAXX -> Libcurl 

 References:
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8231.html
https://hackerone.com/reports/948876
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