7.5high

CVE-2017-9353in critical feed1 exploit

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the IPv6 dissector could crash.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
14.0%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

14.01% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-42123 Wireshark 2.2.6 - IPv6 Dissector Denial of Service · dos · 2017-06-05

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • bugs.chromium.org /p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1303 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/98805 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/42123/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • wireshark.org /security/wnpa-sec-2017-33.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038612 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • code.wireshark.org /review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b2d475c2ad550c1a0f536d5eb30f2a7404c4f0 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13675 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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