CVSS 3.1
8.6 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:HCVE-2022-4904
A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The ares_set_sortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow. This issue may cause a denial of service or a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 68% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-1284, CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- c-ares_project:c-ares
- fedoraproject:fedora
- redhat:enterprise_linux
- redhat:software_collections
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631
- https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/issues/496
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33LDNS6RPOPP36Z4MPWXALUQZXJCWJS2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2168631