CVE-2017-12473 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in CCN-lite, specifically within the ccnl_ccntlv_bytes2pkt function. Attackers can exploit this by sending specially crafted packets with "wrong L values," leading to an application crash. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and results in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ccn-lite:ccn-lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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