CVE-2017-9353
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the IPv6 dissector could crash.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.0%, 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 IPv6 dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.c by validating an IPv6 address.
- 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
- 14.01% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 June 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 11.5% on 21 September 2026 to 14.0% on 27 October 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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98805Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1303Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13675Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b2d475c2ad550c1a0f536d5eb30f2a7404c4f0
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42123/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-33.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98805Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1303Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13675Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b2d475c2ad550c1a0f536d5eb30f2a7404c4f0
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42123/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-33.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.