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CVE-2017-12469

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12469 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in CCN-lite versions prior to 2.00, stemming from incorrect memory allocation in util/ccnl-common.c. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows no signs of active exploitation or community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ccn-lite:ccn-lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/issues/135
Third Party Advisory
github.com / cn-uofbasel/ccn-lite/releases/tag/2.0.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory