CVE-2016-5180

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5180
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5180.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5180
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-10-03T15:59:03.270Z
Modified
2026-04-16T06:20:35.240081834Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the arescreatequery 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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/c-ares/c-ares

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
7325b5ca07a6ca9d1875df1a396a4016eae42598
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
727cd05fabb3ba29b02c19740c28d8ec21ec008f
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
9b9d36f8484596593ed65022d2a81da3042d4c8e
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
0e07499e96435c59638145ff2fbf72afe6944bb8
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
a39a54189b21362566086e9ba9676005ffb512a1
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
93bb7ef1ea2fbc9f39a42d5479b3626b4e17d37d
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
178f8b401f27b9cfb8e2d6d6b6f616e5239d2aca
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
73b3390b834c8e3918c9e6350905fceef90613b1
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
2d09f0bf7c46a306d1e941f3d66fddbf3005e025
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
d71fd1b305e3de75a533d8438c7cb005dc8b58aa
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
70ff6e180af7a7993b5bcf9199da0c569f0657d9
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
103dec073ecd8bd13dcd4f8342ae25bc2d3f252d
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
5923ba2a53fcae11fc1dc4f7b4dd38a877593a00
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
890a14372253ec2824aa390d629f683ac648f7ff
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
954ec10e5a33f89356ae9ce67d6ad442eb523442
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
b354607aedcac511caf348e68c10535099c82579
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
622313ab3b1c4ea96c3a9fa46081f4303720d7f4
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
f037316e4beb11ad208dfadea6ff97e610940ac7
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
3b649328be5090e91211a8a4b6932be2c3e578e1
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
b743f875d349890547900d0ec9060138aea324ec
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
46fa9cad7984cb632c9f8776297fe4a86e19e0d8
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
e7fe2744db383c4489b7adc2b74f8ec3069367e4
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.1.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.2.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.2.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.3.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.3.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.4.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.5.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.5.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.5.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.5.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.6.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.4"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.7.5"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.8.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.9.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.9.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.10.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.11.0"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/nodejs/node
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
b82bb600370db7207a39e53329af228f6af3ffa1
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
1d7a47f29cb3913b714134fef8ccbf5b1c2d3844
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
0d8021e5a4cf0a6aa3a700a361f6d42c2894f2ba
Introduced
163ca274230fce536afe76c64676c332693ad7c1
Fixed
262dd62a9248d7021966a9d00cd6632ea1f087bc
Introduced
2b18916ff054309a07408719b62e2b6a4f1e056a
Fixed
1da5ccffbcaf126d34442b55194cde86c8a583a4
Introduced
f9f837885343a2a3f5ba2b8c510eaac395c8c865
Fixed
f0052e40cdee7371bd209e84554f0bb43357aa14
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
aff2a0a4754ddba26e161bc66cd4392fc28dd146
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.0.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.3.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "8.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0.10.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.10.48"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0.12.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.12.17"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "4.0.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.6.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "16.10"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
c-ares-1_2_0
cares-1_10_0
cares-1_11_0
cares-1_11_0-rc1
cares-1_1_0
cares-1_2_1
cares-1_3_1
cares-1_3_2
cares-1_4_0
cares-1_5_0
cares-1_5_1
cares-1_5_2
cares-1_5_3
cares-1_6_0
cares-1_7_0
cares-1_7_1
cares-1_7_2
cares-1_7_3
cares-1_7_4
cares-1_7_5
cares-1_8_0
cares-1_9_0
cares-1_9_1
curl-7_10_8
curl-7_11_0
curl-7_11_1
curl-7_12_0
curl-7_12_1
curl-7_12_2
curl-7_13_0
curl-7_13_1
curl-7_13_2
curl-7_14_0
curl-7_14_1
curl-7_15_0
curl-7_15_1
curl-7_15_3
curl-7_15_4
curl-7_15_5
curl-7_15_6-prepipeline
curl-7_16_0
curl-7_16_1
curl-7_16_2
curl-7_16_3
curl-7_16_4
curl-7_17_0
curl-7_17_1
curl-7_18_0
curl-7_18_1
curl-7_18_2
curl-7_19_0
curl-7_19_2
curl-7_19_3
curl-7_19_4
curl-7_19_5
curl-7_19_6
curl-7_19_7
curl-7_20_0
v0.*
v0.0.1
v0.0.2
v0.0.3
v0.0.4
v0.0.6
v0.1.0
v0.1.1
v0.1.10
v0.1.100
v0.1.101
v0.1.102
v0.1.103
v0.1.104
v0.1.11
v0.1.12
v0.1.13
v0.1.14
v0.1.15
v0.1.16
v0.1.17
v0.1.18
v0.1.19
v0.1.2
v0.1.20
v0.1.21
v0.1.22
v0.1.23
v0.1.24
v0.1.25
v0.1.26
v0.1.27
v0.1.28
v0.1.29
v0.1.3
v0.1.30
v0.1.31
v0.1.32
v0.1.33
v0.1.4
v0.1.5
v0.1.6
v0.1.7
v0.1.8
v0.1.9
v0.1.92
v0.1.93
v0.1.94
v0.1.95
v0.1.96
v0.1.97
v0.1.98
v0.1.99
v0.10.41
v0.10.42
v0.10.43
v0.10.44
v0.10.45
v0.10.46
v0.10.47
v0.12.10
v0.12.11
v0.12.12
v0.12.13
v0.12.14
v0.12.15
v0.12.16
v0.12.8
v0.12.9
v0.2.0
v0.3.0
v0.3.1
v0.3.2
v0.3.4
v0.3.5
v0.3.6
v0.3.7
v0.3.8
v0.4.0
v0.5.0
v0.5.1
v0.5.10
v0.5.2
v0.5.3
v0.5.4
v0.5.5
v0.5.5-rc1
v0.5.6
v0.5.7
v0.5.8
v0.5.9
v0.6.0
v0.6.1
v0.7.0
v0.7.2
v0.7.3
v1.*
v1.0.0
v1.0.0-release
v1.0.1
v1.0.1-release
v1.0.2
v1.0.2-release
v1.0.3
v1.0.4
v1.1.0
v1.2.0
v1.3.0
v1.4.1
v1.4.2
v1.4.3
v1.5.0
v1.5.1
v1.6.0
v1.6.1
v1.6.2
v1.6.3
v1.6.4
v1.7.0
v1.7.1
v16.*
v16.0.0
v16.1.0
v16.10.0
v16.2.0
v16.3.0
v16.4.0
v16.4.1
v16.4.2
v16.5.0
v16.6.0
v16.6.1
v16.6.2
v16.7.0
v16.8.0
v16.9.0
v16.9.1
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.0.1
v2.0.2
v2.1.0
v2.2.0
v2.2.1
v2.3.0
v2.3.1
v2.3.2
v2.3.3
v2.3.4
v2.4.0
v2.5.0
v3.*
v3.0.0
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.1.0
v4.1.1
v4.1.2
v4.2.0
v4.2.1
v4.2.2
v4.2.3
v4.2.4
v4.2.5
v4.2.6
v4.3.0
v4.3.1
v4.3.2
v4.4.0
v4.4.1
v4.4.2
v4.4.3
v4.4.4
v4.4.5
v4.4.6
v4.4.7
v4.5.0
v4.6.0
v8.*
v8.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5180.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "12.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "14.04"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "16.04"
            }
        ]
    }
]