VDB
CVE-2017-17935
CVE-2017-17935
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c in Wireshark through 2.2.11 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers the attempted processing of an empty line.
EPSS 2.98% · 86.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
2.98%
86.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 1.10.2-1, 1.10.3-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | *, 0, 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 2.4.2-1, 2.4.3-1, 2.4.4-1 |
Timeline
- Dec 27, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 12, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17935 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14295 third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/24997/ third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=137ab7d5681486c6d6cc8faac4300b7cd4ec0cf1 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17935 third-party-advisory