PT-2023-1687
CVE-2022-4904
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Published
2022-12-13
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Updated
2026-10-21
Description by
CVSS 2.0
9.0
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
c-ares (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to the
ares set sortlist function in the c-ares library, which lacks checks for the validity of the input string. This allows for a possible arbitrary length stack overflow, potentially causing a denial of service or limited impact on confidentiality and integrity.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
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