CVE-2017-12130

HIGH

tinysvcmdns 2017-11-05 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the tinysvcmdns library version 2017-11-05. A specially crafted packet can make the library dereference a NULL pointer leading to a server crash and denial of service. An attacker needs to send a DNS query to trigger this vulnerability.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102795
Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0486

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0243
EPSS Percentile 82.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
tinysvcmdns_project/tinysvcmdns 2017-11-05
Published Jan 20, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026