CVE-2017-12465

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% 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-190

Description

Multiple integer overflows in CCN-lite before 2.00 allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the (1) vallen variable in the iottlv_parse_sequence function or (2) typ, vallen and i variables in the localrpc_parse function.

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/131
https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0
https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/131
https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0

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