CVE-2017-17085 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 16.7% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the CIP Safety dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c by validating the packet length.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 16.66% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-754 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-12-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark 2.4.0 < 2.4.2 / 2.2.0 < 2.2.10 - CIP Safety Dissector Crash | 2017-12-07 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102071
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14250
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5939debe96e3c3953c6020818f1fbb80eb83ce8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43233/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-49.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102071
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14250
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5939debe96e3c3953c6020818f1fbb80eb83ce8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43233/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-49.html
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