CVE-2017-9353

high

Published 2017-06-02 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the IPv6 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.c by validating an IPv6 address.

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42123 dos multiple verified

OSS-Fuzz · 2017-06-05

Wireshark 2.2.6 - IPv6 Dissector Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

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":"2.2.0","endIncluding":"2.2.6"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.