CVE-2017-7747 — Improper Input Validation in Wireshark

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.0%
top 16.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 12
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the PacketBB dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c by restricting additions to the protocol tree.

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 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark18 versions+17

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-ggp4-5297-vv47: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-7747: In Wireshark 2↗2017-04-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: PacketBB dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-18)↗2017-04-12
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Debian
CVE-2017-7747: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the PacketBB dissector could cr...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-7747 wireshark: PacketBB dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-18)↗2017-04-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11410 CVE-2017-7700 CVE-2017-7701 CVE-2017-7702 CVE-2017-7703 CVE-2017-7704 CVE-2017-7705 CVE-2017-7745 CVE-2017-7746 CVE-2017-7747 CVE-2017-7748 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-04-13
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