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CVE-2017-13764

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-13764 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Modbus dissector of Wireshark 2.4.0, which could lead to a denial-of-service condition. Rated 7.5 HIGH on the CVSS scale, this flaw is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, impacting the availability of the affected Wireshark application. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0125 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: wireshark
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: wireshark

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-13764Moderate

wireshark: Modbus dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-40)

Aug 29, 2017

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2017-40.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100545
securitytracker.com / id/1039254