CVE-2017-9353 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 14% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
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 | 14.01% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-06-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Wireshark 2.2.6 - IPv6 Dissector Denial of Service | 2017-06-05 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98805
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1303
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13675
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b2d475c2ad550c1a0f536d5eb30f2a7404c4f0
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42123/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-33.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98805
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1303
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13675
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b2d475c2ad550c1a0f536d5eb30f2a7404c4f0
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42123/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-33.html
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