In Wireshark through 2.0.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.7, the openSAFETY dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by adding length validation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-9350.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.2.8-0.175.3.24.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.2.8-0.175.3.24.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.2.8-0.175.3.24.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Sep 19, 2017 | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 1, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libwsutil11Upgrade libwsutil8Upgrade libwiretap7Upgrade libwireshark8Upgrade libwireshark13Upgrade libwiretap6Upgrade libwsutil7Upgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade wireshark-develUpgrade wiresharkUpgrade libwireshark9Upgrade wireshark-gtkUpgrade libwscodecs1 | Jul 26, 2017 | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade wireshark | Nov 19, 2024 | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.8Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.14 | Oct 4, 2017 | Jul 18, 2017 |
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