VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-6472
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.62%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.62%). 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 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
- 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
- 2.62% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96571Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13347Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b3a0909beff8963b390034c594e0b6be6a4e531
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96571Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13347Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b3a0909beff8963b390034c594e0b6be6a4e531
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.