vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-15193)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 10, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 10, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A flaw has been discovered in wireshark before 2.4.2 in the MBIM dissector when pre sizing wmem arrays leading to resource consumption and application crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-15193
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-15193
- URL-http://seclists.org/wireshark/2017/Oct/27
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101240
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14056
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/23537
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=afb9ff7982971aba6e42472de0db4c1bedfc641b
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201710-14
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-43.html
- CWE-400
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