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CVE-2017-12412

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

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.

Affected products

• Ccn-Lite: before 2.0.0 — fixed in 2.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ccn-Lite 2.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/128
• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0
• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/128
• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0

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