CVE-2017-12865: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 5.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Intel Connman: up to and including 1.34

Published 2017-08-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.