CVE-2017-12130 HIGH

CVE-2017-12130

Vendor Talos
Product Tinysvcmdns
Published January 20, 2018
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An exploitable NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the tinysvcmdns library version 2017-11-05. A specially crafted packet can make the library dereference a NULL pointer leading to a server crash and denial of service. An attacker needs to send a DNS query to trigger this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 20, 2018 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated