Security advisory

{
  "id": "6eedbbd6216d318a6c1f334d74a5963b7e353dcb6936a57204b284c27ae0ecd7",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2224",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-2224",
    "summary": "The __decode_dotted function in libc/inet/resolv.c in uClibc-ng before 1.0.12 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving compressed items in a reply.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-2224",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-2224",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-2224"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wbx-github/uclibc-ng",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "94493929f674f4410c2743fa3dd82fd37b70c58f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:uclibc-ng_project:uclibc-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.0.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.0.11",
            "v1.0.10",
            "v1.0.9",
            "v1.0.8",
            "v1.0.7",
            "v1.0.6",
            "v1.0.5",
            "v1.0.4",
            "v1.0.2",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v1.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2224.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:50.607340290Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2224"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-2224",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437287,
  "published_at": "2017-03-24T15:59:00.513+00:00"
}