High
Security advisory
Buffer overflow in the ares_parse_a_reply function in the embedded ares library in ReSIProcate before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds-read) via a crafted DNS response.
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- Affected versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-9454
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Buffer overflow in the ares_parse_a_reply function in the embedded ares library in ReSIProcate before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds-read) via a crafted DNS response.
osv:CVE-2017-9454
Complete source record
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