### [CVE-2016-5180](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5180)
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### Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ares_create_query function in c-ares 1.x before 1.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with an escaped trailing dot.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Ajayannan/sample
- https://github.com/Dor1s/libfuzzer-workshop
- https://github.com/GardeniaWhite/fuzzing
- https://github.com/caseres1222/libfuzzer-workshop
- https://github.com/egueler/cupid-artifact-eval
- https://github.com/lukeber4/usn-search