Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0092
EPSS Percentile
76.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-754
Status
published
Products (16)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.1
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.2
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.3
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.4
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.5
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.6
wireshark/wireshark
2.2.7
... and 6 more
Published
Dec 01, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026