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CVE-2025-62408

ADVISORY - nist

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.

EPSS Score⁠: 0.00052 (0.163)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-416⁠

Use After Free

Impacted images

Advisories

NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-62408⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

2.2

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-416⁠

CVSS SCORE

5.9medium

Alpine

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-62408⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-62408⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Ubuntu

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-62408⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium