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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 28, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2010-3842

CVE-2010-3842

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.

Affected products

3
  • Curl/Curl3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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