Known Vulnerabilities for C-ares by C-ares Project

Listed below are 5 of the newest known vulnerabilities associated with "C-ares" by "C-ares Project".

These CVEs are retrieved based on exact matches on listed software, hardware, and vendor information (CPE data) as well as a keyword search to ensure the newest vulnerabilities with no officially listed software information are still displayed.

Data on known vulnerable versions is also displayed based on information from known CPEs

Known Vulnerabilities

CVE Shortened Description Severity Publish Date Last Modified
CVE-2021-3672 A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS (Domain Name Servers... 5.6 - MEDIUM 2021-11-23 2024-01-05
CVE-2020-14354 A possible use-after-free and double-free in c-ares lib version 1.16.0 if ares_destroy() is called prior to ares_getaddrinfo(... 3.3 - LOW 2021-05-13 2023-11-07
CVE-2020-8277 A Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could trigger a Denial of S... 7.5 - HIGH 2020-11-19 2023-11-07
CVE-2017-1000381 The c-ares function `ares_parse_naptr_reply()`, which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be triggered to read memory ... 7.5 - HIGH 2017-07-07 2023-09-15
CVE-2016-5180 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 d... 9.8 - CRITICAL 2016-10-03 2023-11-07

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.9.1AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.9.0AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.8.0AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.7.5AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.7.4AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.7.3AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.7.2AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.7.1AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.7.0AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.6.0AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.5.3AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.5.2AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.5.1AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.5.0AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.4.0AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.3.2AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.3.1AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.3.0AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.2.1AllAllAll
ApplicationC-ares ProjectC-ares1.2.0AllAllAll
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