SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-9351

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DHCP dissector could read past the end of a buffer.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.85%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.85%). 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 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DHCP dissector could read past the end of a buffer. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bootp.c by extracting the Vendor Class Identifier more carefully.

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
2.85% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
wireshark/wireshark
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.