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CVE-2016-5180
critical 9.8
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.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
- Weakness
- CWE-787
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | critical 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
| CVSS 2.0 | high 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- c-ares · c-ares
- c-ares_project · c-ares
- debian · debian_linux
- nodejs · node.js
- canonical · ubuntu_linux
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3682
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93243
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3143-1
- https://c-ares.haxx.se/CVE-2016-5180.patch
- https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.in/2016/09/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-28
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3682
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93243
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3143-1
- https://c-ares.haxx.se/CVE-2016-5180.patch
- https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.in/2016/09/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-28
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html