Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-12166
CVE-2017-12166
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 products
21- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/openvpn&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206pkg:rpm/suse/openvpn-openssl1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011-SECURITY
< 2.5.3-1.2+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.3-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.9-143.47.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.8-16.20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.2-0.10.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/CVE-2017-12166nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101153nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryURL Repurposed
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039470nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryURL Repurposed
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00002.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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