CVE-2017-12473

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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-20

Description

ccnl_ccntlv_bytes2pkt in CCN-lite allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving packets with "wrong L values."

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/139
https://github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/139

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