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CVE-2016-8625 json

curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and…

published 2018-08-01 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9470

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong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.

Patch / fix

  • haxx curl 7.51.0
  • curl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7.51.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8625

  • httpd24-curl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.61.1-1.el6
  • httpd24-curl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.61.1-1.el7
  • httpd24-httpd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.34-7.el6
  • httpd24-httpd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.34-7.el7
  • httpd24-mod_md RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.4.34-7.el7
  • httpd24-libcurl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.61.1-1.el6
  • httpd24-libcurl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.61.1-1.el7
  • httpd24-mod_ssl RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 1:2.4.34-7.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3558

  • curl openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.51.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10303-1

  • curl Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 7.51.0-r0
  • curl Alpine 3.11, Alpine 3.8, Alpine 3.7 +1 more 7.51.0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-8625

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • curl Arch Linux 7.51.0-1
  • lib32-curl Arch Linux 7.51.0-1
  • libcurl-compat Arch Linux 7.51.0-1
  • lib32-libcurl-compat Arch Linux 7.51.0-1
  • libcurl-gnutls Arch Linux 7.51.0-1
  • lib32-libcurl-gnutls Arch Linux 7.51.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-60AVG-61AVG-62AVG-63AVG-65AVG-66

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-8625 updated cvss 5.3

curl: IDNA 2003 makes curl use wrong host

  • Red Hat .NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnetcore10-curl Red Hat .NET Core 1.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnetcore11-curl Red Hat .NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet20-curl
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat .NET Core 2.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet21-curl, rh-dotnet21-libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 curl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 curl, libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 curl, libcurl Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3 curl
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2486
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el6, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-mod_ldap 2.4.34-7.el6, +5 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el6, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el6, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el6, httpd24-mod_ldap 2.4.34-7.el6, +5 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) httpd24-curl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-httpd 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-mod_md 2.4.34-7.el7, httpd24-nghttp2 1.7.1-7.el7, httpd24-libcurl 7.61.1-1.el7, httpd24-mod_ssl 2.4.34-7.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3558

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Exploit prediction

4.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • The Curl Project curl

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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