CVE-2017-7700
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.28%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record size.
How to fix CVE-2017-7700
To remediate CVE-2017-7700, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/wireshark—upgrade to 2.2.6-r0 or later
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-7700 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.2.6-r0
- from 0, < 2.2.6+g32dac6a-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |