CVE-2017-12166
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
9.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 2.4.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvpn | openvpn | {"endExcluding":"2.3.18"} | 2.3.18 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201709-21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101153
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039470
- https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12166.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12166
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.