CVE-2017-9766
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.89%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.7, PROFINET IO data with a high recursion depth allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq function in plugins/profinet/packet-dcerpc-pn-io.c.
How to fix CVE-2017-9766
To remediate CVE-2017-9766, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wireshark—upgrade to 2.4.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-9766 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.4.0-1
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 |