Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2017-7700
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record size.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-14.html (Vendor Advisory)
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97631 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7700?
- CVE-2017-7700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-12.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7700?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.