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CVE-2017-12468
Buffer overflow in ccn-lite-ccnb2xml.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors…
Critical9.8EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in ccn-lite-ccnb2xml.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the vallen and len variables.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/134 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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