CVE-2016-5180 (GCVE-0-2016-5180)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-03 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-09-29 00:00
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