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CVE-2017-12087

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the tinysvcmdns library version 2016-07-18. A specially crafted packet can make the library overwrite an arbitrary amount of data on the heap with attacker controlled values. An attacker needs send a dns packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Talos Tinysvcmdns: 2016-07-18

References

• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0439
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0439

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