High severity · published Aug 1, 2018
CVE-2016-8625
curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer…
7.5
CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong host.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
curl · The Curl Project
7.51.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8625
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8625
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94107
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8625
Patch
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patch
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