CVE-2017-12468
Buffer overflow in ccn-lite-ccnb2xml.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-12468- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-12468- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-4040 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-4040- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-387j-qwmj-3pww
Buffer overflow in ccn-lite-ccnb2xml.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers...
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.
- Record
GHSA-387j-qwmj-3pww- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-12468- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-12468 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ccn-lite, published February 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.89%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.