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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-8285

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.

Published Dec 14, 2020 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · curl 7.21.0 to and

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2020-8285. EPSS is 9.77%. Act only if a listed version of curl 7.21.0 to and is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (curl 7.21.0 to and).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
9.77%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe apple/mac os x · cpe debian/debian linux · cpe fedoraproject/fedora · cpe haxx/libcurl · cpe netapp/clustered data ontap · cpe netapp/hci bootstrap os

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe apple/mac os xversion unspecified
  • cpe debian/debian linux10.0
  • cpe debian/debian linux9.0
  • cpe fedoraproject/fedora32
  • cpe fedoraproject/fedora33
  • cpe haxx/libcurlversion unspecified
  • cpe netapp/clustered data ontapversion unspecified
  • cpe netapp/hci bootstrap osversion unspecified
  • cpe netapp/hci management nodeversion unspecified
  • cpe netapp/hci storage node firmwareversion unspecified
  • cpe netapp/solidfireversion unspecified
  • cpe oracle/communications billing and revenue management12.0.0.3.0

How to fix CVE-2020-8285

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2020-8285. EPSS is 9.77%. Act only if a listed version of curl 7.21.0 to and is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 10.0; debian/debian linux 9.0; oracle/communications billing and revenue management 12.0.0.3.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-674; CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. EPSS 9.77%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 14, 2020 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8285

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-8285

    30-day exploitation probability 9.8%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8285

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.