VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-7701
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the BGP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.71%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.71%). 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 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the BGP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bgp.c by using a different integer data type.
- 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
- 2.71% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97632Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13557Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa31f69b407436d0946f84baa0acdcc50962bf7a
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-16.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97632Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13557Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fa31f69b407436d0946f84baa0acdcc50962bf7a
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-16.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.