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curl before version 7.51.0 uses outdated IDNA 2003 standard to handle International Domain Names and this may lead users to potentially and unknowingly issue network transfer requests to the wrong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

• CWE-20
• CWE-20

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94107Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8625Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102K.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47Third Party Advisory
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94107Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8625Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102K.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47Third Party Advisory
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 1, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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