CVE-2017-9353
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-06-02 05:04Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 17:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-06-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3289ef978688355ca25b04f34381136eeaa603e991166ef1e60c5c331b1335f8
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1303
- www.securityfocus.com98805http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98805
- www.exploit-db.com42123https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42123/
- www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-33.html
- www.securitytracker.com1038612http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612
- code.wireshark.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=40b2d475c2ad550c1a0f536d5eb30f2a7404c4f0
- bugs.wireshark.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13675
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- wireshark-cli Fixed in 2.2.7-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 2.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 2.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 2.2.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- wireshark Fixed in 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.