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CVE-2017-13765

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-13765 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in the IrCOMM dissector within Wireshark versions 2.4.0, 2.2.0-2.2.8, and 2.0.0-2.0.14, affecting Debian Linux distributions. This flaw, rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) with low attack complexity. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability was addressed by adding length validation in the affected code.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0279 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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-2017-13765Moderate

wireshark: IrCOMM dissector buffer overrun (wnpa-sec-2017-41)

Aug 29, 2017

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2017-41.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100551
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039254
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry