CVE-2017-12087 describes a critical heap overflow vulnerability in the tinysvcmdns library, specifically version 2016-07-18. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to overwrite arbitrary heap data with controlled values by sending a specially crafted DNS packet. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016-07-18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinysvcmdns_project:tinysvcmdns:2016-07-18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.