CVE-2016-5180
—CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
EPSS
9%p95
Published
()
Modified
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.
- Vendors
- c-aresc-ares projectdebiannodejscanonical
- Products
- c-ares, debian linux, node.js, ubuntu linux
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In the news0 stories
No ingested article mentions this CVE yet.