CVE-2017-12469 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in util/ccnl-common.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging incorrect memory allocation.

Published: 2018-02-07

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ccn-lite:ccn-lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4041	Buffer overflow in util/ccnl-common.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging incorrect memory allocation.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01888.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/135
https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0

History

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Subscriptions

Ccn-lite Ccn-lite

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-07T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:36:56.187Z

Reserved: 2017-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12469

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-07T17:29:00.873

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:03:21.390

Link: CVE-2017-12469

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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