CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-12166
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-10-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
OpenVPN versions before 2.3.3 and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 are vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability when key-method 1 is used, possibly resulting in code execution.
Affected configurations
• openvpn openvpn (< 2.3.18)
• openvpn openvpn (>= 2.4.0 < 2.4.4)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101153 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039470 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101153 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039470 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory