CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5180

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2016-10-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-10-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ares_create_query function in c-ares 1.x before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with an escaped trailing dot.

Affected configurations

• c-ares c-ares 1.0.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.1.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.2.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.2.1 • c-ares c-ares 1.3.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.3.1 • c-ares c-ares 1.3.2 • c-ares c-ares 1.4.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.5.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.5.1 • c-ares c-ares 1.5.2 • c-ares c-ares 1.5.3 • c-ares c-ares 1.6.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.7.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.7.1 • c-ares c-ares 1.7.2 • c-ares c-ares 1.7.3 • c-ares c-ares 1.7.4 • c-ares c-ares 1.7.5 • c-ares c-ares 1.8.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.9.0 • c-ares c-ares 1.9.1 • c-ares c-ares 1.10.0 • c-ares project c-ares 1.11.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • nodejs node.js (>= 0.10.0 < 0.10.48) • nodejs node.js (>= 0.12.0 < 0.12.17) • nodejs node.js (>= 4.0.0 < 4.6.1) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References