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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-9347

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the ROS dissector could crash with a NULL pointer dereference.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 13.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the ROS dissector could crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c by validating an OID.

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
13.84% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 June 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
wireshark/wireshark
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%21 September 2026: 11.82%22 September 2026: 14.21%27 October 2026: 13.84%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 11.8% on 21 September 2026 to 13.8% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 14.2% 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-42124source ↗Wireshark 2.2.0 < 2.2.12 - ROS Dissector Denial of Servicemultiple · OSS-Fuzzdos5 June 2017yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.