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CVE-2017-12865

Published: Aug 29, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
5.5%
Top 8.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in "dnsproxy.c" in connman 1.34 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted response query string passed to the "name" variable.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ConnmanConnMan Project
Embedded
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
connmanintel
Embedded
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
connman projectoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka connman
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
intelcommercialUSHardware Firmwareaka intel corp.
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://01.org/security/intel-oss-10001/intel-oss-10001
01.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483720
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-02
security.gentoo.org
and 13 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 29, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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