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c-ares
by c-ares · last CVE Sep 18, 2026
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CVE-2016-5180
9.8
9%
Oct 3
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…
Affected: 1.0.0; 1.1.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.1; 1.3.0; 1.3.1; +17 more
CVE-2026-69184
7.5
0%
Sep 18
c-ares: CPU-exhaustion denial of service via unbounded DNS name compression pointer chains
Affected: < 1.34.7
CVE-2026-33630
7.5
1%
Sep 3
c-ares : Use-after-free / double-free in c-ares query-completion handling, remotely triggerable via ares_getaddrinfo() over TCP
Affected: >= 1.32.3, < 1.34.7
CVE-2017-1000381
7.5
3%
Jul 7
The c-ares function `ares_parse_naptr_reply()`, which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be triggered to read memory outside of the given input buffer if the passed in DNS…
Affected: 1.8.0; 1.9.0; 1.9.1; 1.10.0; 1.12.0
CVE-2025-62408
5.9
0%
Dec 8
c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library
Affected: 1.32.3 before 1.34.6
CVE-2020-22217
5.9
1%
Aug 22
Buffer overflow vulnerability in c-ares before 1_16_1 thru 1_17_0 via function ares_parse_soa_reply in ares_parse_soa_reply.c
Affected: 1.16.1; 1.17.0
CVE-2024-25629
5.5
0%
Feb 23
c-ares is a C library for asynchronous DNS requests
Affected: before 1.27.0
CVE-2026-69186
5.3
0%
Sep 18
c-ares: Memory-amplification denial of service via unvalidated DNS header record counts
Affected: < 1.34.7
CVE-2020-14354
3.3
1%
May 13
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() completing
Affected: 1.16.0
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