High severity · published Mar 4, 2017
CVE-2017-6474
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file
7.5
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating record sizes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.0.0 through 2.0.10; 2.2.0 through 2.2.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6474
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6474
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96566
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13429
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a998c9195f183d85f5b0bbeebba21a2d4d303d47
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-07.html
More from Debian Linux
10.0
CVE-2025-32433
Erlang/OTP SSH Vulnerable to Pre-Authentication RCE
10.0
CVE-2025-24201
Apple Multiple Products WebKit Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
10.0
CVE-2021-44228
Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints
10.0
CVE-2015-3306
ProFTPD Improper Access Control Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2026-111497
Out-of-Bounds Write in Google Brotli Decoder