CVE-2016-8625: The Curl Project curl

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
The Curl Project	curl	affected 7.51.0

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
5.3	Medium	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.043, the 91st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 1 Aug 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94107 vdb-entrybid
curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8625.patch confirm
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 vendor-advisoryredhat
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21 confirm
curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102K.html confirm
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192 vdb-entrysectrack
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8625 confirm
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486 vendor-advisoryredhat
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47 vendor-advisorygentoo
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing-listmlist
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing-listmlist

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