CVE-2020-14354 (GCVE-0-2020-14354)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-13 13:38 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:39
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Summary
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. This flaw possibly allows an attacker to crash the service that uses c-ares lib. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to this service availability.
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n/a c-ares Affected: c-ares 1.16.1
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