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2 vulnerabilities found for c-ares by c-ares
CVE-2025-62408 (GCVE-0-2025-62408)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2025-12-08 22:04
Modified
2025-12-09 16:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Summary
c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Versions 1.32.3 through 1.34.5 terminate a query after maximum attempts when using read_answer() and process_answer(), which can cause a Denial of Service. This issue is fixed in version 1.34.6.
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CVE-2025-62408 (GCVE-0-2025-62408)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-08 22:04
Modified
2025-12-09 16:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Summary
c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Versions 1.32.3 through 1.34.5 terminate a query after maximum attempts when using read_answer() and process_answer(), which can cause a Denial of Service. This issue is fixed in version 1.34.6.
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