CVE-2017-6473 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMar 4
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a K12 file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/k12.c by validating the relationships between lengths and offsets.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.0.0 — 2.0.10+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-q32q-vrj8-3f2c: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-6473: In Wireshark 2↗2017-03-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: K12 file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2017-09)↗2017-03-03
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Debian
CVE-2017-6473: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a K12 file parser cras...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6467 CVE-2017-6468 CVE-2017-6469 CVE-2017-6470 CVE-2017-6471 CVE-2017-6472 CVE-2017-6473 CVE-2017-6474 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-03-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6473 wireshark: K12 file parser crash (wnpa-sec-2017-09)↗2017-03-06
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