CVE-2017-12087 (GCVE-0-2017-12087)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:47
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Summary
An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the tinysvcmdns library version 2016-07-18. A specially crafted packet can make the library overwrite an arbitrary amount of data on the heap with attacker controlled values. An attacker needs send a dns packet to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • heap overflow
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
geekman Tinysvcmdns Affected: 2016-07-18
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Date Public
2017-11-20 00:00
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