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CVE-2017-7700

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7700 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 through 2.0.11, specifically within the NetScaler file parser, triggered by a malformed capture file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can lead to a denial of service (availability impact) and requires user interaction to open the malicious file. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0210 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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-2017-7700Moderate

wireshark: NetScaler file parser infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-14)

Apr 12, 2017

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-12
Third Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2017-14.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97631
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038262
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry