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Vulnerability details: VCID-ybxb-2par-s7e8
Vulnerability ID VCID-ybxb-2par-s7e8
Aliases CVE-2016-8625
Summary curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-838 Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8625.json
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
epss 0.02555 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
cvssv3.1 High https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8625.html
cvssv2 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8625
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8625
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-61
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-62
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-63
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-65
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-66
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8625.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-8625
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8625
https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patch
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102K.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-8625.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8625
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94107
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
1388392 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388392
ASA-201611-10 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-10
ASA-201611-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-4
ASA-201611-5 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-5
ASA-201611-7 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-7
ASA-201611-8 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-8
ASA-201611-9 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201611-9
AVG-60 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-60
AVG-61 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-61
AVG-62 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-62
AVG-63 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-63
AVG-65 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-65
AVG-66 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-66
cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-8625 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8625
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-8625.json
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: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8625
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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8625
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 0.84917
EPSS Score 0.02555
Published At Aug. 5, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:33:50.731283+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.9/main.json 37.0.0