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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-2522

curl and libcurl 7.27.0 through 7.35.0, when running on Windows and using the SChannel/Winssl TLS backend, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate…

MEDIUM 4.0EPSS 2.58%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

curl and libcurl 7.27.0 through 7.35.0, when running on Windows and using the SChannel/Winssl TLS backend, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate when accessing a URL that uses a numerical IP address, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

CVSS 2.0
4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
2.58% probability · 84th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
haxx/curl · haxx/libcurl
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.