Vulnerability in Wireshark
CVE-2017-9766
In Wireshark 2.2.7, PROFINET IO data with a high recursion depth allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq function in plugins/profinet/packet-dcerpc-pn-io.c.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wireshark — versions 2.2.7
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99187 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-9766?
- CVE-2017-9766 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-21.
- How severe is CVE-2017-9766?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.