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Case File

CVE-2017-12893

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.39% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-09-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-12893
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.39%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The SMB/CIFS parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in smbutil.c:name_len().