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CVE-2017-12471

• 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-119

Description

The cnb_parse_lev function in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to check for out-of-bounds conditions, which triggers an invalid read in the hexdump 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/137
• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0
• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/137
• https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0

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