Security Advisory
CVE-2016-5180
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
October 3, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory