CVE-2016-5180

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Published

2016-10-03

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

• C-ares (C-ares)
• C-ares (C-ares Project)
• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Node.js (Nodejs)

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