CVE-2017-6014
wireshark - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite loop and memory exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet. This will quickly exhaust all system memory.
How to fix CVE-2017-6014
To remediate CVE-2017-6014, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.2.4-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u6 or later
Is CVE-2017-6014 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.2.4-r1
- from 0, < 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2
- from 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |