Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-5180

Disclosure Date: October 03, 2016
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
9.8 Critical
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • c-ares,
  • c-ares project,
  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • nodejs

Products

  • c-ares 1.0.0,
  • c-ares 1.1.0,
  • c-ares 1.10.0,
  • c-ares 1.11.0,
  • c-ares 1.2.0,
  • c-ares 1.2.1,
  • c-ares 1.3.0,
  • c-ares 1.3.1,
  • c-ares 1.3.2,
  • c-ares 1.4.0,
  • c-ares 1.5.0,
  • c-ares 1.5.1,
  • c-ares 1.5.2,
  • c-ares 1.5.3,
  • c-ares 1.6.0,
  • c-ares 1.7.0,
  • c-ares 1.7.1,
  • c-ares 1.7.2,
  • c-ares 1.7.3,
  • c-ares 1.7.4,
  • c-ares 1.7.5,
  • c-ares 1.8.0,
  • c-ares 1.9.0,
  • c-ares 1.9.1,
  • debian linux 8.0,
  • node.js,
  • ubuntu linux 12.04,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • ubuntu linux 16.10
Technical Analysis