CVE-2017-12412 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via stack overflow in CCN-lite by submitting a crafted file that triggers infinite recursion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-12412?
CVE-2017-12412 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ccn-lite-ccnb2xml in CCN-lite before 2.0.0 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers infinite recursion and a stack overflow.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12412?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ccn-Lite Ccn-Lite.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12412?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12412 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-12412 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12412 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2018-12889 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2018-7039 Integer overflow in n/a
- CVE-2018-6948 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2018-6953 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2017-12465 Multiple integer overflows in CCN-lite before 2.00 allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the (1
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ghvx-46w7-4v7r.