CVE-2017-17085 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, where a flaw in the CIP Safety dissector could lead to a denial-of-service condition. This unauthenticated network-based vulnerability, with low attack complexity, could allow an attacker to crash the application by sending a specially crafted packet. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-43233), and its high FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100 indicates significant potential impact despite minimal community discussion or media coverage. The issue was resolved by validating packet length in subsequent Wireshark updates.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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