{"id":"CVE-2017-17935","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17935","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:05:58.140Z","title":"The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c in Wireshark through 2.2.11 does not properly strip '\\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that…","description":"The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c in Wireshark through 2.2.11 does not properly strip '\\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers the attempted processing of an empty line.","published":"2017-12-27T17:08:23.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:11:55.000Z","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-125"],"affected":["wireshark/wireshark","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02958,"percentile":0.8712,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (2.96%). 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/102311","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14295","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/24997/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137ab7d5681486c6d6cc8faac4300b7cd4ec0cf1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102311","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14295","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/24997/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137ab7d5681486c6d6cc8faac4300b7cd4ec0cf1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17935","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."}