CVE-2017-12087

CRITICAL

tinysvcmdns <2016-07-18 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the tinysvcmdns library version 2016-07-18. A specially crafted packet can make the library overwrite an arbitrary amount of data on the heap with attacker controlled values. An attacker needs send a dns packet to trigger this vulnerability.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0439

Scores

CVSS v3 10.0
EPSS 0.0194
EPSS Percentile 77.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
tinysvcmdns_project/tinysvcmdns 2016-07-18
Published Apr 24, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026