VDB
GHSA-ggp4-5297-vv47
GHSA-ggp4-5297-vv47
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the PacketBB dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c by restricting additions to the protocol tree.
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
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-ggp4-5297-vv47
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-ggp4-5297-vv47
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References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html url
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-18.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97638 url
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=5cfd52d6629cf8a7ab67c6bacd3431a964f43584 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7747 advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13559 url
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5cfd52d6629cf8a7ab67c6bacd3431a964f43584 url