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CVE-2017-7704

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7704 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in the DOF dissector of Wireshark versions 2.2.0 through 2.2.5, which could be triggered by specially crafted packet injection or malformed capture files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high availability impact (A:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction required (UI:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
2.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0271 is in the 72nd 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-2017-7704Moderate

wireshark: DOF dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-17)

Apr 12, 2017

References

bugs.wireshark.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
code.wireshark.org / review/gitweb
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-12
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2017-17.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97634
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038262