CVE-2014-2522

Published Apr 18, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-2558 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:14 AM
Reserved
Mar 17, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 18, 2014, 10:14 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:06 AM