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Vulnerability details: VCID-9dg3-ffr8-c3bg
Vulnerability ID VCID-9dg3-ffr8-c3bg
Aliases CVE-2016-9952
Summary The verify_certificate function in lib/vtls/schannel.c in libcurl 7.30.0 through 7.51.0, when built for Windows CE using the schannel TLS backend, makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks via a crafted wildcard SAN in a server certificate, as demonstrated by "*.com."
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.3
Risk 3.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
System Score Found at
epss 0.00617 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.00617 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.00617 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
epss 0.01059 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-9952
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-9952.patch
ssvc Track https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-9952.patch
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221B.html
ssvc Track https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221B.html
cvssv3.1 Medium https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-9952.html
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9952
cvssv3 8.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9952
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-9952.patch
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none


Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-23T19:19:07Z/ Found at https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-9952.patch
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221B.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none


Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-23T19:19:07Z/ Found at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161221B.html
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9952
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9952
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.6915
EPSS Score 0.00617
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:48:05.035589+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.2/main.json 37.0.0