What is CVE-2017-12412?

CVE-2017-12412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ccn-Lite, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12412?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-12412 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Ccn-Lite

CVE-2017-12412

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.

Published 2018-02-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ccn-Lite

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/128 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12412?: CVE-2017-12412 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ccn-Lite, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12412?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12412 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.