What is CVE-2017-12463?

CVE-2017-12463 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ccn-Lite, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12463?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ccn-Lite

CVE-2017-12463

Memory leak in the ccnl_app_RX function in ccnl-uapi.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving an envelope_s structure pointer when the packet format is unknown.

EPSS: 0.014 (68.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ccn-lite
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12463?: CVE-2017-12463 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ccn-Lite, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12463?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.