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CVE-2016-5180 Details

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 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html CVE
https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html CVE
https://c-ares.haxx.se/CVE-2016-5180.patch CVE
https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.in/2016/09/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-28 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
c-ares c-ares
1.0.0
1.1.0
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares:c-ares:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
c-ares project c-ares
1.11.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:c-ares_project:c-ares:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
nodejs node.js
>= 0.10.0, < 0.10.48
>= 0.12.0, < 0.12.17
>= 4.0.0, < 4.6.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
12.04
14.04
16.04
16.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5180
NVD Published Date:
Oct 3, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]