VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5596
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.90%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
- 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
- 2.90% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190, CWE-835
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95795Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19746/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=781f03580c81339513bb1238b202b72469a1240b
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95795Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19746/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=781f03580c81339513bb1238b202b72469a1240b
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.