CVE-2017-13765
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to 2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the IrCOMM dissector has a buffer over-read and application crash. This was addressed in plugins/irda/packet-ircomm.c by adding length validation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.4.1-1 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100551
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039254
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13929
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=94666d4357096fc45e3bcad3d9414a14f0831bc8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-41.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13765
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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