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 denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly execute arbitrary code
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-10-03 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-05-31
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ab8b1ee646c8adc7d0c026099a711129f26153e1d8838d6dccb795cd7c05d70d
05 Affected products
06 References
- source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html
- www.securityfocus.com93243http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93243
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3143-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3143-1
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-28https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-28
- www.debian.orgDSA-3682http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3682
- c-ares.haxx.sehttps://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html
- c-ares.haxx.sehttps://c-ares.haxx.se/CVE-2016-5180.patch
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.inhttps://googlechromereleases.blogspot.in/2016/09/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0002http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0002.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- c-ares Fixed in 1.12.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- c-ares Fixed in 1.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- c-ares Fixed in 1.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- c-ares Fixed in 1.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- c-ares Fixed in 1.10.0-2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- c-ares Fixed in 1.10.0-3ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.