NVD

Id
20515  
Name
CVE-2016-5180  
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 Version
2  
CVSS Score
7.5  
Severity
High  
CVSS Base Score
7.5  
CVSS Impact Subscore
6.4  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
10  
CVSS Vector
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2016-10-03  
Modified Date
2017-01-06  
Seq
2016-5180  

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