CVE-2017-9345 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in the DNS dissector of Wireshark versions 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12. This flaw, rated High severity (CVSS 7.5), allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service (availability impact) by sending specially crafted network traffic. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.2.0, <= 2.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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