CVE-2017-6471

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by validating the capability length.

En Wireshark 2.2.0 hasta 2.2.4 y 2.0.0 hasta 2.0.10, hay un bucle infinito WSP, desencadenado por inyección de paquetes o un archivo de captura malformado. Esto fue abordado en epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c validando la longitud de la capacidad.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-03-03 CVE Reserved
2017-03-04 CVE Published
2023-11-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96564	Third Party Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811	2023-11-07
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				>= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 2.0.0 <= 2.0.10"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				>= 2.2.0 <= 2.2.4 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 2.2.0 <= 2.2.4"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected