CVE-2017-17085

Public Exploit

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the CIP Safety dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c by validating the packet length.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 11.27% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5939debe96e3c3953c6020818f1fbb80eb83ce8
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43233/ exploit
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-49.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14250 vendor advisory issue tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102071 third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-17085?
CVE-2017-17085 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-17085?
To fix CVE-2017-17085, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-17085 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-17085 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~11% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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