CVE-2017-6468

HIGH

Wireshark 2.0.0-2.0.10 and 2.2.0-2.2.4 - Denial of Service in NetScaler File Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating the relationship between pages and records.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13430
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-08.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96569
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0070
EPSS Percentile 72.3%
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-20
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
wireshark/wireshark 2.0.0 - 2.0.10
Published Mar 04, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026