What is CVE-2017-12470?

CVE-2017-12470 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ccn-Lite, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12470?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Ccn-Lite

CVE-2017-12470

Integer overflow in the ndn_parse_sequence function in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the typ and vallen variables.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ccn-Lite

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

github.com/cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/136 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12470?: CVE-2017-12470 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ccn-Lite, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12470?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.