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CVE-2018-12889

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12889 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting CCN-lite version 2.0.1. Specifically, the mkAddToRelayCacheRequest and ccnl_populate_cache functions are vulnerable due to improper handling of non-null-terminated arrays when processing binary CCNx or NDN files. This flaw allows for remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger heap corruption, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 9.8 (CRITICAL), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ccn-lite:ccn-lite:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 63rd 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/279
ExploitThird Party Advisory