Security readout for executives and security teams
This flaw can let curl contact a different host than an application intended when handling a specially formed URL. The main business risk is broken domain allow-listing in systems that validate a URL with one parser, then fetch it with vulnerable curl. Exposure is most likely in older systems, containers, appliances, or vendor products still shipping curl before 7.51.0, especially where user-controlled URLs are pre-checked against allowed domains before curl retrieves them. Treat as a targeted cleanup priority, not an emergency, unless curl is used in URL-fetching features with domain restrictions. Prioritize internet-facing services and automation that retrieves user-provided URLs. Mitigation focus: Upgrade curl to 7.51.0 or a vendor-fixed package.; Apply relevant OS vendor advisories for packaged curl.; Inventory containers and appliances for bundled vulnerable curl versions..
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CWE-20: Exact CWE lookup
Use the exact CWE identifier as the starting point before reviewing related ATT&CK behavior. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2016-8624 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS vector scores
1 official scoreWe collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N3.91.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
5.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- RHSA-2018:3558CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8624CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102J.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- RHSA-2018:2486CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- GLSA-201701-47CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- [pulsar-commits] 20200914 [GitHub] [pulsar] klwilson227 opened a new issue #8061: CVE-2017-14063CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.
Improper Input Validation
Improper Input Validation represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.