CVE-2017-17085
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the CIP Safety dissector could crash.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 16.66% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 December 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-754
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 13.7% on 21 September 2026 to 16.7% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 16.8% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102071Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14250Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- 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-4060Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43233/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-49.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102071Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14250Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- 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-4060Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43233/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-49.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.