CVE-2017-9350
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the openSAFETY dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by checking for a negative length.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 2.2.7-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.7-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.2.7-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.7-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | {"startIncluding":"2.0.0","endIncluding":"2.0.12"} | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201706-9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98806
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1212
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13649
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dbc7cb0bbdd501fa96e0cb98668f6d6bf17ac4e6
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-28.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9350.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9350
CWEs
CWE-20 CWE-770
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.