CVE-2017-12865

critical
Published 2017-08-29 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12865

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git/commit/?id=5c281d182ecdd0a424b64f7698f32467f8f67b71

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1483720

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://01.org/security/intel-oss-10001/intel-oss-10001

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.35-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.35-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.35-1
debian debiansidfixed1.35-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.35-1
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
intel intelconnman{"endIncluding":"1.34"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.