CVE-2025-62408 (GCVE-0-2025-62408)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-08 22:04 – Updated: 2025-12-09 16:05
VLAI
Title
c-ares has a Use After Free vulnerability when connection is cleaned up after error
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
c-ares c-ares Affected: > 1.32.3, < 1.34.6
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