Vulnerabilities > C Ares > C Ares > 1.4.0

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2016-10-03 CVE-2016-5180 Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products
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.
network
low complexity
c-ares-project c-ares debian nodejs canonical CWE-787
critical
9.8