CVE-2017-12087: Tinysvcmdns Project Tinysvcmdns

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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Published 2018-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.