{"id":"CVE-2017-17083","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17083","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T05:03:29.157Z","title":"In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash.","description":"In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.","published":"2017-12-01T08:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:10:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-754"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02721,"percentile":0.85985,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17083","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}