#VU119383 Use-after-free in c-ares - CVE-2025-62408
Published: December 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU119383
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-62408
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
c-ares
c-ares
Software vendor:
c-ares.haxx.se
c-ares.haxx.se
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the read_answer() function when process_answer() terminates a query such as after maximum attempts. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for #VU107155 (CVE-2025-31498).
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.