VDB
CVE-2017-17997
CVE-2017-17997
PUBLISHED
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
EPSS 0.70% · 72.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.70%
72.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | wireshark | 1.10.2-1, 1.10.5-2, 1.10.6-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wireshark | 0, 1.12.7+g7fc8978-1, 1.12.8+g5b6e543-2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | wireshark | 2.4.3-1, 2.4.4-1, 2.4.5-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25063/ (circl)
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80a695869c9aef2fb473d9361da068022be7cb50 (circl)
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-02.html (circl)
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299 (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190115 [SECURITY] [DLA 1634-1] wireshark security update (circl)
Timeline
- Dec 30, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17997 third-party-advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299 third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25063/ third-party-advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=80a695869c9aef2fb473d9361da068022be7cb50 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17997 third-party-advisory