CVE-2016-2224: Uclibc-NG Project Uclibc-NG

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Uclibc-NG Project Uclibc-NG: up to and including 1.0.11

Published 2017-03-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.