Intel/AIKIDO-2025-10983
c-ares.c-ares
AIKIDO-2025-10983
c-ares.c-ares is vulnerable to Use After Free
Use After FreeCVE-2025-62408 Published Dec 26, 2025
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Medium Risk
This Affects:
c-ares.c-ares1.32.3 - 1.34.5
Fixed in 1.34.6Are you affected? Scan for Free
TL;DR
Use after free() in read_answer() when process_answer() may terminate a query such as after maximum attempts. This was causing the connection to be closed, but still possibly additional answers to be processed. This is a missed case from CVE-2025-31498.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.
Background info
c-ares.c-ares is vulnerable to Use After Free in versions 1.32.3 - 1.34.5.
How to fix this
Upgrade the c-ares.c-ares library to the patch version.
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