CVE-2017-6473
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.70%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a K12 file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/k12.c by validating the relationships between lengths and offsets.
How to fix CVE-2017-6473
To remediate CVE-2017-6473, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/wireshark—upgrade to 2.2.5-r0 or later
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 or later
Is CVE-2017-6473 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.2.5-r0
- from 0, < 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2
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 |