CVE-2017-17997
N/A
Published: December 30, 2017 at 07:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxWireshark
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 2.2.11
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25063/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-02.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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