High
Security advisory
Memory leak in the ccnl_app_RX function in ccnl-uapi.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving an envelope_s structure pointer when the packet format is unknown.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-12463
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Memory leak in the ccnl_app_RX function in ccnl-uapi.c in CCN-lite before 2.00 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving an envelope_s structure pointer when the packet format is unknown.
osv:CVE-2017-12463
Complete source record
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