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CVE-2020-14354

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CVE-2020-14354

Published: May 13, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

c-ares

affected
c-ares 1.16.1

Weaknesses (CWE)

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