High severity · published Apr 12, 2017
CVE-2017-7748
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file
7.5
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check.
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)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
2.0.0; 2.0.1; 2.0.2; 2.0.3; 2.0.4; 2.0.5; +12 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7748
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7748
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97628
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13581
code.wireshark.org
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f55cbcde2c8f74b652add4450b0592082eb6acff
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-21.html
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