CVE-2017-12865
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 5.5% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in "dnsproxy.c" in connman 1.34 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted response query string passed to the "name" variable.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.52% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-08-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| intel | connman |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3956
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100498
- https://01.org/security/intel-oss-10001/intel-oss-10001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483720
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=5c281d182ecdd0a424b64f7698f32467f8f67b71
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02
- https://www.nri-secure.com/blog/new-iot-vulnerability-connmando
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3956
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100498
- https://01.org/security/intel-oss-10001/intel-oss-10001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483720
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=5c281d182ecdd0a424b64f7698f32467f8f67b71
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02
- https://www.nri-secure.com/blog/new-iot-vulnerability-connmando
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