CVE-2025-62408 (GCVE-0-2025-62408)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-08 22:04 – Updated: 2025-12-09 16:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-09 14:20 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisor… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/commit/714bf5675… | x_refsource_MISC |
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